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100 1 $aArianrhod, Robyn,$eauthor.
245 10 $aThomas Harriot :$ba life in science /$cRobyn Arianrhod.
264 1 $aOxford ;$aNew York, NY :$bOxford University Press,$c[2019]
264 4 $c©2019
300 $aviii, 361 pages :$billustrations ;$c25 cm
336 $atext$btxt$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$bn$2rdamedia
338 $avolume$bnc$2rdacarrier
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
520 $a"Thomas Harriot (1560-1621) was a pioneer in both the figurative and literal sense. Navigational adviser and loyal friend to Sir Walter Ralegh, Harriot took part in the first expedition to colonize Virginia. Not only was he responsible for getting Ralegh's ships safely to harbor in the New World, once there he became the first European to acquire a working knowledge of an indigenous language (he also began a lifelong love of tobacco, which may have been his undoing). Harriot's abilities were seemingly unlimited and nearly awe-inspiring. He was the first to use a telescope to map the moon's craters, and, independently of Galileo, discovered and recorded sunspots. He preceded Newton (whose fame eclipsed his) in his discovery of the properties of the prism.Though his thinking depended on a more natural, intuitive approach than those who followed him, Harriot laid the foundations of what in Newton's time would become modern physics. Robyn Arianrhod's biography offers the human face of scientific discovery, a lived example of the way in which science actually progresses."--$cProvided by publisher.
505 0 $aHarriot's London -- Sea fever -- The science of sea and sky -- Practical navigation (and why the winds blow) -- America at last -- Preparing for Virginia -- Roanoke Island -- After Roanoke -- War, and a new calendar -- New chances -- Setback -- Royal refraction -- Spirals and turmoil -- Changing of the guard -- Algebra, rainbows, and an infamous plot -- Solving the rainbow -- Conversations with Kepler -- Atomic speculations -- Gravity -- Mathematics, Jamestown, Guiana -- The end of an era -- All things must pass -- Resurrecting Harriot.
600 10 $aHarriot, Thomas,$d1560-1621.
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650 0 $aScientists$zGreat Britain$vBiography.
650 0 $aExplorers$zVirginia$vBiography.
651 0 $aVirginia$xDiscovery and exploration$xEnglish.
650 7 $aDiscovery and exploration, English.$2fast$0(OCoLC)fst01352762
650 7 $aExplorers.$2fast$0(OCoLC)fst00918556
650 7 $aScientists.$2fast$0(OCoLC)fst01108895
651 7 $aGreat Britain.$2fast$0(OCoLC)fst01204623
651 7 $aVirginia.$2fast$0(OCoLC)fst01204597
650 7 $aBIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / General.$2bisacsh
655 7 $aBiography.$2fast$0(OCoLC)fst01423686
655 7 $aBiographies.$2lcgft
852 00 $bglx$hQ143.H36$iA75 2019