The Harmonious Universe
Subtitle: The Beauty and Unity of Scientific Understanding
Publisher: Prometheus Books
Published: July 2004
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 370
ISBN-13: 9781591021872
Subjects: History of ideas, intellectual history; Science: General Issues; Science/Mathematics; History Of Science; Universe; General; History; Philosophy & Social Aspects; Miscellanea; Science
First sentence: In June 1757, the great American scientist and statesman Benjamin Franklin (1706-90; see fig. 1) traveled on a ship from New York to England.