The System of the World

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The System of the World is a historical science-fiction novel by Neal Stephenson that concludes his Baroque Cycle, focusing on Isaac Newton, Gottfried Leibniz, and the birth of modern science and finance in the early 18th century.

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instanceOf Baroque Cycle novel
historical novel
novel
science fiction novel
author Neal Stephenson NERFINISHED
concludes The Baroque Cycle NERFINISHED
countryOfOrigin United States of America
surface form: United States
featuresHistoricalFigure Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz NERFINISHED
Isaac Newton NERFINISHED
John Churchill, Duke of Marlborough NERFINISHED
Queen Anne NERFINISHED
Robert Harley NERFINISHED
focusesOn Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz NERFINISHED
Isaac Newton NERFINISHED
Royal Society politics
emergence of paper money
financial speculation
follows The Confusion NERFINISHED
genre alternate history
historical fiction
science fiction
language English
literaryPeriod contemporary literature
mainCharacter Daniel Waterhouse NERFINISHED
Eliza de la Zeur NERFINISHED
Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz NERFINISHED
Isaac Newton NERFINISHED
Jack Shaftoe NERFINISHED
narrativeStyle multi-strand narrative
partOf Baroque Cycle trilogy NERFINISHED
positionInSeries third volume
precedes none
series The Baroque Cycle NERFINISHED
settingPlace England NERFINISHED
London NERFINISHED
settingTime early 18th century
subjectMatter cryptography and codes
history of finance
history of science
philosophy of science
politics of early 18th-century England
theme birth of modern science
cryptography
development of modern finance
natural philosophy
political intrigue
religious conflict
scientific revolution

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