Edward Dolnick

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1) The clockwork universe: Isaac Newton, the Royal Society, and the birth of the modern world

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Dolnick, Edward

Publisher

HarperCollins

Pub. Date

c2011

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A"New York Times"-bestselling author presents the true story of a pivotal moment in modern history when a group of strange, tormented geniuses--Isaac Newton chief among them--invented science and remade our understanding of the world.

2) The seeds of life: from Aristotle to da Vinci, from shark's teeth to frogs' pants, the long and strange quest to discover where babies come from

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Dolnick, Edward

Publisher

Basic Books

Pub. Date

[2017]

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"Why cracking the code of human conception took centuries of wild theories, misogynist blunders, and ludicrous mistakes. Throughout most of human history, babies were surprises. People knew the basics: men and women had sex, and sometimes babies followed. But beyond that the origins of life were a colossal mystery. The Seeds of Life is the remarkable and rollicking story of how a series of blundering geniuses and brilliant amateurs struggled for two...

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Edward Dolnick

1) The clockwork universe: Isaac Newton, the Royal Society, and the birth of the modern world

2) The seeds of life: from Aristotle to da Vinci, from shark's teeth to frogs' pants, the long and strange quest to discover where babies come from