Posts tagged Scientific Revolution
The Swerve: How the World Became Modern - Stephen Greenblatt
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The Island of Knowledge: The Limits of Science and the Search for Meaning - Marcelo Gleiser
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The Clockwork Universe: Isaac Newton, the Royal Society, and the Birth of the Modern World- Edward Dolnick
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The Ghost Map: The Story of London’s Most Terrifying Epidemic- and How it Changed Science, Cities, and the Modern World- Steven Johnson
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