Isaac Newton
New York : Viking, 2006.
Format: Book
Description: 126 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm.
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.
Series: Krull, Kathleen. Giants of science.
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.
Subjects:
Newton, Isaac, 1642-1727 -- Juvenile literature.
Physicists -- Great Britain -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
Newton, Isaac, 1642-1727 -- Juvenile literature.
Physicists -- Great Britain -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
Target Audience: 1000L
ISBN:
0670059218 (hardcover)
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Call Number | Location | Shelf Location | Status |
C BIOGRAPHY Newton, Isaac | Main (Downtown) | Garden Level, Children's Biography | In |
C BIOGRAPHY Newton, Isaac | Main (Downtown) | Garden Level, Children's Biography | In |
C BIOGRAPHY Newton, Isaac | Main (Downtown) | Available by placing a hold, Repository - Children's | In |
Includes bibliographical references and index.