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<p> August, 1755. Newcastle, on the north bank of the Tyne. </p> <p>In the fields, men and women are getting the harvest in. Sunlight, or rain. Scudding clouds and backbreaking labour. Three hundred feet underground, young Charles Hutton is at the coalface. Cramped, dust-choked, wielding a five-pound pick by candlelight. Eighteen years old, he’s been down the pits on and off for more than a decade, and now it looks like a life sentence. No unusual story, although Charles is a clever lad – gifted

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Author

Benjamin Wardhaugh

Publisher

HarperCollins Publishers Limited

Published

2019

Language

EN

ISBN

9780008299972

Category

mathematics

Subjects

Mathematics, Philosophy, Science

Updated

2026-03-25