Ingenious Pursuits
Subtitle: Building the Scientific Revolution
Publisher: Nan A. Talese, Doubleday
Published: November 9, 1999
Place of publication: New York; London; Toronto
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 464
ISBN-13: 9780385493253
First sentence: Two comets in such quick succession caused as much astonishment among London's professional star-gazers as they did with the general public.
Table of contents: title: Prefatory note; title: Introduction; title: Signs of the times; title: Scale models; title: Subtle anatomy; title: Running like clockwork; title: Breaking new ground; title: Strange specimens; title: Examining the evidence; title: Committed to paper; title: Epilogue; title: Cast of characters; title: Notes; title: Further reading