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Newton and the Counterfeiter pdf epub mobi txt 電子書 下載 2024
In 1695, Isaac Newton, already renowned as the greatest mind of his age, made a surprising career change. He left quiet Cambridge, where he had lived for thirty years and made his earth-shattering discoveries, and moved to London to take up the post of Warden of His Majestys Mint. Newton was preceded to the city by a genius of another kind, the budding criminal William Chaloner. Thanks to his preternatural skills as a counterfeiter, Chaloner was rapidly rising in Londons highly competitive underworld, at a time when organized law enforcement was all but unknown and money in the modern sense was just coming into being. Then he crossed paths with the formidable new warden. In the courts and streets of London and amid the tremors of a world being transformed by the ideas Newton himself had set in motion the two played out an epic game of cat and mouse.
托馬斯·利文森(Thomas Levenson),美國學者、科學作傢、紀錄片製片人,曾獲艾美奬(Emmy Award)和皮博迪奬(Peabody Award)。除本書外,還有如下四部著作齣版:《愛因斯坦在柏林》《針鋒相對:樂器的科學史》《冰河時代:地球的氣候、科學與生命》《尋找火神:愛因斯坦如何顛覆地球,發現相對論,解密宇宙》。現與妻兒同居於波士頓郊外。
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評分如果说这个世界上有这样一个人,上知天文下晓地理,才高八斗学富五车,不但精通数学,化学,光学,物理学等还干起了侦探的工作,他夜以继日的为政府服务,初步建立起金融系统,不但如此还拯救了皇家造币厂的声誉,那这个人应该非牛顿莫属。他给人的印象大概清心寡欲-因为终身未...
評分我可以说牛顿就是他那个时代的泰勒么 绝对是个被物理耽误的运营总监 [微笑][强] 比如他经过测算,对每个熔锅最佳容量、耗煤量都给出了严格规定,对新的轧平机和机床的数目也进行了细致安排。他甚至将数学计算用在了人员管理上面。他计算后,得出了效率最高的人员配比,把轧制机...
Newton and the Counterfeiter pdf epub mobi txt 電子書 下載 2024