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Isaac the alchemist : secrets of Isaac Newton, reveal'd /

Before Isaac Newton became the father of physics, an accomplished mathematician, or a leader of the scientific revolution, he was a boy living in an apothecary's house, observing and experimenting, recording his observations of the world in a tiny notebook. As a young genius living in a time be...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Losure, Mary (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Somerville, Massachusetts : Candlewick Press, 2017.
Edition:First edition.
Subjects:
Newton, Isaac, > 1642-1727 > Juvenile literature.
Newton, Isaac, > 1642-1727 > Childhood and youth.
Newton, Isaac, > 1642-1727.
Physicists > Great Britain > Biography > Juvenile literature.
Physicists.
JUVENILE NONFICTION > Biography & Autobiography > Science & Technology.
JUVENILE NONFICTION > Science & Nature > Chemistry.
JUVENILE NONFICTION > Technology > Inventions.
Great Britain.
Physicists > Great Britain.
Biographies.
Biography.
Juvenile works.
Table of Contents:
  • The Apothecary's House
  • Book of Mysteries
  • Stars
  • School
  • Siege Weapons
  • An Inclination for Mechanics
  • Chymistry
  • Triumph and Recreation
  • Hemlock, Henbane, Mandrake Root
  • What Good Is Such a Bookish Boy?
  • Truth Is My Greater Friend
  • Astrology ... to Mathematics ... to the Ghosts of Light
  • The Comet
  • Year of Wonders
  • Isaac's Alchemy Begins
  • Enter the Royal Society
  • Isaac the Alchemist
  • Transformations.