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In Measure for Measure, Thomas Levenson offers a compelling account of how scientific thinking development from the day 2,500 years ago when Pythagoras discovered the musical scale to the present day. The story unfolds through the tales of instruments scientific and musical: the organ, the microscope, the still, the scales, Stradivari's miraculous violins and cellos, computers, and synthesizers. What emerges is a unique portrait of science itself as an instrument, our single most powerful way of understanding the world. Yet perhaps the most important invention of modern science has been the...

Already famous for his theories of planetary motion and gravity, Isaac Newton decided to take on the job of running the Royal Mint. This brought Newton into conflict with William Chaloner, a counterfeiter who faked coins. Set in late 17th-century London, this title challenges our perceptions of Britain's greatest scientist.