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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.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Krull, Kathleen
Other Authors: Kulikov, Boris, 1966- (Illustrator)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Viking, 2006.
Series:Krull, Kathleen. Giants of science.
Subjects:
Newton, Isaac, > 1642-1727 > Juvenile literature.
Physicists > Great Britain > Biography > Juvenile literature.
Newton, Isaac, > Sir, > 1642-1727.
Physicists > Great Britain > Biography.
Online Access:Table of contents
Table of Contents:
  • All alone
  • The great escape
  • A new world
  • The apple
  • Newton versus Hooke
  • Newton versus Leibniz
  • Newton versus Flamsteed
  • The greatest science book in the world
  • Newton versus Newton
  • And what about alchemy?
  • The crimson years
  • His impact.