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Same! I really need to read up on the actual history a bit more, as it was a golden age of really cool (and bizarre) things happening.
by pdwetz 9y ago
Same! I really need to read up on the actual history a bit more, as it was a golden age of really cool (and bizarre) things happening.
- sn9 9y agoJames Gleick's Isaac Newton is an excellent account of the time. It focuses on Newton's life and is quite brief, but still prepares you to recognize many of the cast in the Baroque cycle.
- sethrin 9y agoI would perhaps recommend The Clockwork Universe[0] instead, which is more or less exactly an overview of the characters and intellectual influences of the time. [0] https://www.amazon.com/dp/B004GB1TTA/ref=dp-kindle-redirect?_encoding=UTF8&btkr=1 https://www.amazon.com/dp/B004GB1TTA/ref=dp-kindle-redirect?...