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    Standing on the Shoulders of Solitude: Newton, the Plague, and How Quarantine Fomented the Greatest Leap in Science

    Category
    Science
    Creator
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    Top 20
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    Date
    April 6, 2020
    Resource Link
    https://www.themarginalian.org/2020/04/06/newton-plague/
    Resource Series
    Brain Pickings
    Standing on the Shoulders of Solitude: Newton, the Plague, and How Quarantine Fomented the Greatest Leap in Science

    In the 1650s, the penumbra of plague slowly began eclipsing Europe. Italy fell first, soon Spain, then Germany, then Holland. From across the slender cell wall of the Channel, England watched and trembled, then cautiously relaxed - for about a decade, some divine will seemed to be shielding the country.

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    Standing on the Shoulders of Solitude: Newton, the Plague, and How Quarantine Fomented the Greatest Leap in Science