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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
Hooke's claim was answered in magisterial detail by Newton's (1687) Philosophiæ Naturalis Principia Mathematica, Book three, The System of the World [11]: Book three (that is, the system of the world is a physical system). [7] Newton's approach, using dynamical systems continues to this day. [8]
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Eckert is editor of, and a contributor to, the 2005 MonkeyBrain-published work Myths for the Modern Age: Philip José Farmer's Wold Newton Universe (originally titled: Creative Mythography: An Expansion of Philip José Farmer’s Wold Newton Universe [6]), collecting Farmer's little-seen stories and essays which expand upon the Wold Newtonian concept, alongside "contributions from Farmer’s ...
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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).