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The Newtonian Moment: Isaac Newton and the Making of Modern Culture
Mordechai Feingold
Oxford University Press
Science Library Stacks -- QC16.N54 F45 2004 -- REGULAR LOAN
The Newtonian Moment, a companion volume to a forthcoming exhibition by the New York Public Library, investigates the effect that Newton's theories and discoveries had, not only on the growth of science, but also on the very shape of modern culture and thought.

Dog
Susan McHugh
Reaktion Books
Science Library Stacks -- SF422.5 .M34 2004 -- REGULAR LOAN
This book unravels the debate about whether dogs are descended from wolves, and moves on to deal with canines in mythology, religion and health, dog cults in ancient and medieval civilizations as disparate as Alaska, Greece, Peru and Persia, and traces correspondences between the histories of dogs in the Far East, Europe, Africa and the Americas.

Subways: The tracks that built New York City
Lorraine B Diehl
Clarkson Potter/Publishers
Science Library Stacks -- TF847.N5 D54 2004 -- REGULAR LOAN
In Subways, her highly anticipated follow-up to The Automat, Lorraine Diehl sets off on another sentimental journey, recounting the true story of a city transformed by underground passageways. Through archival photographs, interviews with New Yorkers who “remember when,” and an assortment of rare memorabilia, Diehl introduces us to the entertaining characters who conceived, built, and rode the city’s subways, then travels to the familiar destinations shaped by their tracks.