Isaac Newton

Isaac Newton was not only briiliant, but secretive, vindictive and obsessive. Here is a portrait of the man, contradictions and all, than places him against the backdrop of seventeenth-century England, a time of plague, the Great Fire of London, and two revolutions.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Krull, Kathleen
Other Authors: Kulikov, Boris, 1966- (Illustrator)
Format: Books Print Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Viking, 2006.
Series:Giants of science
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Table of Contents:
  • All alone
  • The most amazing toys
  • Learning outside the class
  • The apple
  • Newton versus Hooke
  • Math war
  • Star war
  • The greatest science book in the world
  • Newton versus Newton
  • And what about alchemy?
  • The crimson years
  • Impact.