There Daniel takes part in a number of experiments, including the exploration of the diminishing effects of gravity with changes in elevation, the transfusion of blood between dogs and Wilkins' attempts to create a philosophical language. Thumb|200px|left|Cover of John Wilkins' An Essay towards a Real Character and a Philosophical Language Daniel quickly tires of the radical Puritan rhetoric of his father, Drake Waterhouse, and decides to join Reverend John Wilkins and Robert Hooke at John Comstock's Epsom estate. However, the plague of 1665 forces them apart: Newton returns to his family manor and Daniel to the outskirts of London.
While attending school at Trinity College, Cambridge, Daniel becomes Newton's companion, ensuring that Newton does not harm his health and assisting in his experiments. During the flashbacks, the book refocuses on Daniel's life between 16. While following Daniel's decision to return to England and board a Dutch ship (the Minerva) to cross the Atlantic, the book flashes back to when Enoch and Daniel each first met Newton. She wants Daniel to return to England and attempt to repair the feud between Isaac Newton and Gottfried Leibniz. It begins as Enoch Root arrives in Boston in October 1713 to deliver a letter to Daniel containing a summons from Princess Caroline. The first book is a series of flashbacks from 1713 to the earlier life of Daniel Waterhouse.
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