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Newton: A Very Short Introduction
by Robert Iliffe  Publisher Comments This Very Short Introduction uses Newton's own unpublished writings to provide fascinating insight into the man who kept the Royal Society under his thumb, was Head of the Mint, and whose contributions to our understanding of the heavens and the earth...
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The History of Astronomy (Very Short Introductions)
by Michael Hoskin Publisher Comments This is a fascinating introduction to the history of Western astronomy, from prehistoric times to the origins of astrophysics in the mid-nineteenth century. Historical records are first found in Babylon and Egypt, and after two millennia the arithmetical...
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Very Short Introductions #44: Galileo: A Very Short Introduction
by Stillman Drake Publisher Comments In a startling reinterpretation of Galileo's trial, Stillman Drake advances the hypothesis that Galileo's prosecution and condemnation by the Inquisition was caused not by his defiance of the Church but by the hostility of contemporary philosophers...
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