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While England in the 1660s was racked by civil war, plague and fire a quieter revolution was taking place - the founding of the Royal Society. Twelve "natural philosophers" started a fellowship that began the study of science and changed history. Quentin Cooper talks to John Gribbin , author of The Fellowship: the Story of a Revolution, about the men who shaped the Royal Society - including Robert Hooke , Edmond Halley and Isaac Newton. Producer Mamie Chesterton

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Talks:
Quentin Cooper
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John Gribbin
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Robert Hooke
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Edmond Halley
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Isaac Newton.
Producer:
Mamie Chesterton
Source: Radio Times

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