Quicksilver / Neal Stephenson.
By: Stephenson, Neal.
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BookSeries: Stephenson, Neal. Baroque cycle: v. 1.Publisher: New York : William Morrow, c2003Edition: 1st ed.Description: x, 927 p. : ill., geneal. tables, maps ; 25 cm.ISBN: 0380977427 (hc).Subject(s): Seventeenth century -- Fiction | Eighteenth century -- Fiction | Scientists -- Fiction | Alchemists -- Fiction | World history -- 17th century -- Fiction | World history -- 18th century -- Fiction | Scientists -- Fiction | Alchemy -- Fiction | Historical fiction | Adventure fictionGenre/Form: Historical fiction. | Adventure fiction.DDC classification: 813/.54 Summary: Daniel Waterhouse is summoned to Europe in 1713 in hopes he can calm the dispute between Isaac Newton and scientist/philosopher Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz, who have independently invented calculus, while adventurer Jack Shaftoe becomes involved with Eliza, an escapee from a Turkish harem on a mission of revenge.
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Daniel Waterhouse is summoned to Europe in 1713 in hopes he can calm the dispute between Isaac Newton and scientist/philosopher Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz, who have independently invented calculus, while adventurer Jack Shaftoe becomes involved with Eliza, an escapee from a Turkish harem on a mission of revenge.
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