The Clockwork Universe

So I started reading this book, then I put it down to read Sookie Stackhouse, then I picked it up again, but now it's due back at the library, so I'm not going to finish it. But that doesn't mean I wouldn't recommend it, or that I didn't like what I read.

Dolnick's writing style is very conversational, it's not over-the-top academic at all, which makes for an enjoyable read. And what I read of the book was not really the story of Isaac Newton, but more the story of the circumstances of the world in the 1600's the allowed an Isaac Newton to come into being.

I'm not a scientific person, but I do love history, and I think people in both of those groups will enjoy this book. I may put it on hold again so I can finish it.

The Clockwork Universe: Isaac Newton, the Royal Society, and the Birth of the Modern World