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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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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New York :
Viking,
2006.
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| Series: | Krull, Kathleen. Giants of science.
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| Online Access: | Table of contents |
| Summary: | 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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| Physical Description: | 126 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm. |
| Audience: | Ages 10 up. |
| Awards: | A Junior Library Guild selection. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 0670059218 (hardcover) : |