Episode 572: Neal Stephenson: Quicksilver (2)

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American Writers (One Hundred Pages at a Time)

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In this section of QUICKSILVER we get a close look at the Royal Society in the mid-1660s. Neal Stephenson has great fun characterizing people like Oldenburg, Hooke, Wilkins, and (the fictional) Daniel Waterhouse.