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The Baroque Cycle, by Neal Stephenson, has a highly entertaining historical fiction treatment of the Royal Society, Newton and other main characters.
by euroclydon 15y ago
The Baroque Cycle, by Neal Stephenson, has a highly entertaining historical fiction treatment of the Royal Society, Newton and other main characters.
- xefer 15y agoThe grotesque experiment on the dog by Hooke described in the book is outlined here: http://rstl.royalsocietypublishing.org/content/2/23-32/539 http://rstl.royalsocietypublishing.org/content/2/23-32/539 The Royal Society had open up their complete archives a few years ago for a period and I fished this out then.
- vibragiel 15y agoI saw the paper referenced at the Trailblazing website. It's a nice visual way of exploring some of the most notable papers from the Royal Society. http://trailblazing.royalsociety.org/ http://trailblazing.royalsociety.org/