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

by Edward Dolnick

"[Dolnick] offeres penetrating portraits of the geniuses of the day who offer fertile ground for entertaining writing" (Publishers Weekly).

"A lively account of early science. Colorful, entertainingly written and nicely paced" (Kirkus Reviews).

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Winter of Our Disconnect

by Susan Maushart
"Maushart embarked with her three teenagers on a six-month screen blackout (no cellphones, iPods, PCs, laptops, game stations, or television) to discover if the technology intended to stimulate and keep us virtually more connected was, as she suspected, making us actually more disconnected and distracted" (Publishers Weekly).
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