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291 "poore & solitary endeavours" "poore & solitary endeavours": Ibid., p.237.

291 "the oddest "the oddest, if not the most considerable" if not the most considerable": Ibid., p.237.

292 "Now is not this very fine" "Now is not this very fine": Ibid., p.448.

292 Hooke stalked out of the room Hooke stalked out of the room: Manuel, A Portrait of Isaac Newton A Portrait of Isaac Newton, p.159.

292 Even twenty years after Even twenty years after: Ibid., p.137.

292 In the course of the move In the course of the move: Christianson, Isaac Newton Isaac Newton, p.106.

CHAPTER 49. THE SYSTEM OF THE WORLD.

293 "I must now again beg you" "I must now again beg you": Westfall, Never at Rest Never at Rest, p.450.

294 If the universe had been governed by a different law If the universe had been governed by a different law: Martin Rees, Just Six Numbers Just Six Numbers, p.150. See also Schaffer, "Somewhat Divine." See also Schaffer, "Somewhat Divine."

295 "Pick a flower on Earth" "Pick a flower on Earth": Dirac may have had in mind a line from Francis Thompson's poem "The Mistress of Vision," where Thompson writes that "thou canst not stir a flower without troubling of a star." The same thought had moved Edgar Allan Poe to shake his head at the audacity of Newton's theory of cosmic connectedness. "If I venture to displace, by even the billionth part of an inch, the microscopical speck of dust which lies now upon the point of my finger," Poe marveled in his essay "Eureka," "... I have done a deed which shakes the Moon in her path, which causes the Sun to be no longer the Sun, and which alters forever the destiny of the mult.i.tudinous myriads of stars that roll and glow in the majestic presence of their Creator."

295 The The Principia Principia made its first appearance made its first appearance: Samuel Pepys was president of the Royal Society in 1687, and his name appears on the t.i.tle page just below Newton's.

296 "Nearer the G.o.ds no mortal may approach" "Nearer the G.o.ds no mortal may approach": Westfall, Never at Rest Never at Rest, p.437.

296 the French astronomer Lagrange declared the French astronomer Lagrange declared: Morris Kline, Mathematics in Western Culture Mathematics in Western Culture, p.209.

296 It began paying Halley It began paying Halley: Westfall, Never at Rest Never at Rest, p.453.

CHAPTER 50. ONLY THREE PEOPLE.

297 "There goes the man that writt a book" "There goes the man that writt a book": Ibid., p.468.

297 The first print run was tiny The first print run was tiny: Ackroyd, Newton Newton, p.89.

297 "It is doubtful "It is doubtful," wrote the historian: Gillispie, The Edge of Objectivity The Edge of Objectivity, p.140.

297 Perhaps half a dozen scientists Perhaps half a dozen scientists: Hall, Philosophers at War Philosophers at War, p.52.

298 "A Book for 12 Wise Men" "A Book for 12 Wise Men": "Lights All Askew in the Heavens," New York Times New York Times, November 9, 1919, p.17. See http://tinyurl.com/ygpam73.

298 "I'm trying to think who" "I'm trying to think who": Stephen Hawking, A Brief History of Time A Brief History of Time (New York: Bantam, 1998), p.85. (New York: Bantam, 1998), p.85.

298 But he rarely mentions calculus But he rarely mentions calculus: I. Bernard Cohen discusses in detail Newton's use of calculus in the "Introduction" to his translation of the Principia Principia, pp.12227.

298 "Newton's geometry seems to shriek": Roche, "Newton's Principia Principia," in Fauvel et al., eds., Let Newton Be Let Newton Be!, p.50.

299 "By the help of the new a.n.a.lysis" "By the help of the new a.n.a.lysis": Westfall, Never at Rest Never at Rest, p.424.

299 "There is no letter" "There is no letter": Cohen, "Introduction," p.123.

300 "As we read the "As we read the Principia" Principia": Chandrasekhar, "Shakespeare, Newton, and Beethoven." Chandrasekhar, "Shakespeare, Newton, and Beethoven."

CHAPTER 51. JUST CRAZY ENOUGH.

301 Moliere long ago made fun Moliere long ago made fun: Thomas Kuhn famously cited Moliere in The Structure of Scientific Revolutions The Structure of Scientific Revolutions, p.104.

302 "We are all agreed that your theory is crazy" "We are all agreed that your theory is crazy": Bohr made the remark to Wolfgang Pauli and added, "My own feeling is that it is not crazy enough." Dael Wolfle, ed., Symposium on Basic Research Symposium on Basic Research (Washington, DC: American a.s.sociation for the Advancement of Science, 1959), p.66. (Washington, DC: American a.s.sociation for the Advancement of Science, 1959), p.66.

302fn In time In time, this bewilderment this bewilderment: J. J. MacIntosh, "Locke and Boyle on Miracles and G.o.d's Existence," p.196.

303 "He claims that a body attracts" "He claims that a body attracts": Brown, "Leibniz-Caroline Correspondence," p.273.

303 "Mysterious though it was" "Mysterious though it was": John Henry, "Pray do not Ascribe that Notion to me: G.o.d and Newton's Gravity," in Force and Popkin, eds., The Books of Nature and Scripture The Books of Nature and Scripture, p.141.

303 "even if an angel" "even if an angel": Brown, "Leibniz-Caroline Correspondence," p.291.

304 If the sun suddenly exploded If the sun suddenly exploded: Brian Greene, The Elegant Universe The Elegant Universe (New York: Norton, 1999), p.56. (New York: Norton, 1999), p.56.

305 "so great an absurdity" "so great an absurdity": Westfall, Never at Rest Never at Rest, p.505.

305 "To tell us that every Species" "To tell us that every Species": From the end of Opticks Opticks, quoted in Kuhn, The Copernican Revolution The Copernican Revolution, p.259.

306 "as if it were a Crime" "as if it were a Crime": Westfall, Never at Rest Never at Rest, p.779.

306 "Ye cause of gravity" "Ye cause of gravity": Ibid., p.505.

306 "I have not been able to discover" "I have not been able to discover": Cohen's translation of the Principia Principia, p.428.

CHAPTER 52. IN SEARCH OF G.o.d.

307fn The debate over whether The debate over whether: "Hacked E-Mail Is New Fodder for Climate Change Dispute," New York Times New York Times, November 21, 2009.

308 "He is eternal and infinite" "He is eternal and infinite": Cohen's translation of the Principia Principia, p.427.

309 "Scientists "Scientists, like whoring Jerusalem" like whoring Jerusalem": Dennis Todd, "Laputa, the Wh.o.r.e of Babylon, and the Idols of Science," Studies in Philology Studies in Philology 75, no. 1 (Winter 1978), p.113. 75, no. 1 (Winter 1978), p.113.

310 "they may do any thing" "they may do any thing": Quoted in a brilliant, far-ranging essay by Steven Shapin, "Of G.o.ds and Kings: Natural Philosophy and Politics in the Leibniz-Clarke Disputes," p.211.

311 If you stopped to think about it If you stopped to think about it, wrote Whiston wrote Whiston: Todd, "Laputa, the Wh.o.r.e of Babylon, and the Idols of Science," p.108.

311 "Sir Isaac Newton "Sir Isaac Newton, and his followers" and his followers": Westfall, Never at Rest Never at Rest, p.778.

311 "If G.o.d does not concern himself" "If G.o.d does not concern himself": Shapin, "Of G.o.ds and Kings," p.193.

312 "If a king had a kingdom" "If a king had a kingdom": I owe this observation about Leibniz and politics to Martin Tamny, "Newton, Creation, and Perception," p.54.

312 Newton emphasized G.o.d's will Newton emphasized G.o.d's will: Shapin, "Of G.o.ds and Kings," p.194.

CONCLUSION.

315 a French mathematician named Urbain Le Verrier a French mathematician named Urbain Le Verrier: Kline, Mathematics Mathematics: The Loss of Certainty The Loss of Certainty, pp.6263, and Kline, Mathematics in Western Culture Mathematics in Western Culture, p.210.

316 Benjamin Franklin sat deep in thought Benjamin Franklin sat deep in thought: Bernard Bailyn, To Begin the World Anew To Begin the World Anew (New York: Vintage, 2004), pp.7173. (New York: Vintage, 2004), pp.7173.

316 "The Const.i.tution of the United States" "The Const.i.tution of the United States": I. Bernard Cohen, Science and the Founding Fathers Science and the Founding Fathers, p.90.

317 "I had no need of that hypothesis" "I had no need of that hypothesis": Kline, Mathematics in Western Culture Mathematics in Western Culture, p.210.

317 "Mr. Leibniz is dead" "Mr. Leibniz is dead": Westfall, Never at Rest Never at Rest, p.779.

317 "Nothing could give me a greater" "Nothing could give me a greater": Brown, "Leibniz-Caroline Correspondence," p.285.

318 "You would have thought it was a felon" "You would have thought it was a felon": Stewart, The Courtier and the Heretic The Courtier and the Heretic, p.306.

318 "The more I got to know Leibniz" "The more I got to know Leibniz": Ibid., p.117, quoting Eike Hirsch.

319 "stone dolls" "stone dolls": Milo Keynes discusses Newton's views on art and literature in "The Personality of Isaac Newton," pp.2627.

319 "If we evolved a race of Isaac Newtons" "If we evolved a race of Isaac Newtons": from an interview with Huxley in J. W. N. Sullivan, Contemporary Mind Contemporary Mind (London: Toulmin, 1934), p.143. (London: Toulmin, 1934), p.143.

319 "The more I learned" "The more I learned": I interviewed Westfall in connection with an article marking the three hundredth anniversary of the Principia. Principia. See Edward Dolnick, "Sir Isaac Newton," See Edward Dolnick, "Sir Isaac Newton," Boston Globe Boston Globe, July 27, 1987. Westfall used the same "wholly other" phrase in the preface to Never at Rest Never at Rest, p. x, where he discussed Newton's uniqueness in a bit more detail.

320 "He cried out with admiration" "He cried out with admiration": Westfall, Never at Rest Never at Rest, p.473.

320 His fellow professors did not know His fellow professors did not know: Ibid., p.194.

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