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The title alludes to the third volume of Isaac Newton's Philosophiae Naturalis Principia Mathematica, which bears the same name. The System of the World won the Locus Award for Best Science Fiction Novel [1] and the Prometheus Award in 2005, as well as a receiving a nomination for the Arthur C. Clarke Award [1] the same year.
The System of the World can refer to several things: The System of the World, a 2005 book by Neal Stephenson; The third book of Isaac Newton's Philosophiæ Naturalis Principia Mathematica. Newton's preliminary work of 1685, printed in English and in Latin (1728) under the titles Treatise of the System of the World and De mundi Systemate
The books travel throughout early modern Europe between the Restoration of the Stuart monarchy and the beginning of the 18th century. Though most of the focus is in Europe, the adventures of one character, Jack Shaftoe, do take him throughout the world, and the fledgling British colonies in North America are important to another (Daniel Waterhouse).
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This is a list of newspapers in Illinois. This list is incomplete; you can help by adding missing items. (August 2008) Daily newspapers. The Beacon-News – Aurora;
Nov. 8—Not many 12-year-olds had the summer that Newton native Quincy Fulton had. A five-foot 11-inch sixth-grader at St. Thomas School, Fulton earned a spot on the Midwest Stripes 12U U.S.A ...
Its portfolio includes about 80 newspapers and news websites in Illinois and Iowa. [1] Originally based in Dixon, Illinois; it has acquired a swath of properties in the Chicago suburbs and moved its headquarters there. Founded in 1851, Shaw Media is the third oldest, continuously owned and operated family newspaper company in the United States. [2]
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