Acid Tongues and Tranquil Dreamers
Subtitle: Eight Scientific Rivalries That Changed the World
Publisher: Harper Perennial
Published: October 22, 2002
Language: eng
Number of pages: 448
ISBN-13: 9780380806133
First sentence: THE ASTRONOMER ROYAL, JOHN FLAMSTEED, would have liked to run up the stairs of the Royal Society to punch Newton's nose, but gout prevented him.