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The Century of Science: The Undoing of Newton's Clockwork Universe
John Gribbin’s book tracks the shattering of Newton’s neat, clockwork universe by 20th-century physics. From Einstein’s warped spacetime to quantum unpredictability, the cosmos turns from predictable machine to confounding mystery. How did science go from certainty to probability? This book offers a clear, human look behind the scenes.
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