The Fellowship

The Story of the Royal Society and a Scientific Revolution

John Gribbin

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English

Penguin
27 August 2009

Mathematics & Sciences; History of science; Popular science

Bestselling author John Gribbin tells the story of the Scientific Revolution with the same brilliance and enthusiasm he showed in Science- A History (which sold over 50,000 copies).

From the bestselling author of Science- A History comes the enthralling story of a revolution that shook the world. Seventeenth-century England was racked by civil war, plague and fire; a world ruled by superstition and ignorance. A series of meetings of 'natural philosophers' in Oxford and London saw the beginning of a new method of thinking based on proof and experiment. John Gribbin's gripping, colourful account of this unparalleled time of discovery explores the impact of the Royal Society, culminating with Isaac Newton's revolutionary description of the universe and Edmund Halley's prediction of the return of a comet in 1759. This compelling book shows the triumph not as the work of one isolated genius, but of a Fellowship.

By: John Gribbin
Imprint: Penguin
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 198mm, Width: 129mm, Spine: 35mm
Weight: 500g
ISBN: 9780141015705
ISBN 10: 0141015705
Pages: 352
Publication Date: 27 August 2009
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

John Gribbin is among the greatest writers of popular science and is author of In Search of Schrodinger's Cat, Stardust, and Science: A History. 'His gift lies not just in eloquent and lucid presentation of complicated ideas, but in writing about them as if they were adventures.' The Financial Times.