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A legendary genius descends into the gritty underworld of seventeenth-century London to play a deadly game of cat-and-mouse. These 12 books are the closest matches in mood, pace and themes, with what each one shares with Newton and the counterfeiter.
- gritty
- atmospheric
- tense
- shadowy
- 01
System of the World
Neal Stephenson
A massive, brain-bending plunge into the chaotic birth of the modern world, where alchemy, economics, and espionage collide.
- 02
Isaac Newton
James Gleick · 2003
An elegant, atmospheric plunge into the obsessive and brilliant mind that dragged humanity out of the dark ages and into the light of modern physics.
- 03
The age of wonder
Holmes, Richard
A sweeping, luminous journey into the minds of the dreamers and explorers who married poetry with the scientific method.
- 04
The ascent of money
Niall Ferguson
An expansive, eye-opening journey that reveals the invisible financial scaffolding holding up human history.
- 05
Money
Jacob Goldstein (Cohost of Planet Money podcast)
A witty, globe-trotting tour through the collective hallucination that makes the modern world go round.
- 06
The man who loved China
Simon Winchester · 2008
A sumptuous, globe-trotting biography that captures the thrill of intellectual obsession and the romance of uncovering a civilization's forgotten brilliance.
- 07
Einstein
Walter Isaacson
An expansive, illuminating journey into the rebellious mind of a man who unlocked the universe while struggling with the gravity of his own human life.
- 08
Longitude
Dava Sobel · 2005
A thrilling, elegant micro-history that transforms a seemingly dry scientific problem into a high-stakes tale of obsession and underdog triumph.
- 09
In Pursuit of the Unknown
Ian Stewart
A fascinating, accessible tour through the invisible mathematical scaffolding that holds up our modern world.
- 10
The Day the Universe Changed
Burke, James · 1985
A dizzying, exhilarating ride through the hidden connections and paradigm shifts that built the modern mind.
- 11
The great equations
Robert P. Crease · 2009
A panoramic journey through the history of science that treats mathematical equations as profound works of art.
- 12
Quicksilver
Neal Stephenson
A sprawling, mud-splattered intellectual romp through the chaotic birth of the scientific revolution.
