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The Cambridge Companion to Newtonby I. Bernard Cohen; George E. Smith
Cambridge University Press 2002; US$ 28.00Sir Isaac Newton (1642-1727) was one of the greatest scientists of all time, a thinker of extraordinary range and creativity who has left enduring legacies in mathematics and the natural sciences. In this volume a team of distinguished contributors examines all the main aspects of Newton's thought. more...
Isaac Newtonby Gale E. Christianson
Oxford University Press 2005; US$ 9.95Part of the "Oxford's Lives and Legacies" series, this book presents a portrait of Isaac Newton and the times in which he lived. It also sheds light on Newton's later life as master of the mint in London, where he managed to convict and hang the arch criminal William Chaloner, and his presidency of the Royal Society. more...
Newtonby Peter Ackroyd
Doubleday Publishing 2008; US$ 14.99When Newton was not yet twenty-five years old, he formulated calculus, hit upon the idea of gravity, and discovered that white light was made up of all the colors of the spectrum. By 1678, Newton designed a telescope to study the movement of the planets and published Principia , a milestone in the history of science, which set forth his famous laws of motion and universal gravitation. Newton’s long-time research on calculus, finally made public in 1704, triggered a heated controversy as European scientists accused him of plagiarizing the work of the German scientist Gottfried Leibniz. In this third volume in the acclaimed Ackroyd’s Brief Lives series, bestselling author Peter Ackroyd provides an engaging portrait of Isaac Newton,... more...
Recreating Newtonby Rebekah Higgitt
Pickering & Chatto Publishers 2007; US$ 99.00Higgitt examines Isaac Newton?s changing legacy during the nineteenth century. She focuses on 1820-70, a period that saw the creation of the specialized and secularized role of the ?scientist?. At the same time, researchers gained better access to Newton?s archives. These were used both by those who wished to undermine the traditional, idealised depiction of scientific genius and those who felt obliged to defend Newtonian hagiography. Higgitt shows how debates about Newton?s character stimulated historical scholarship and led to the development of a new expertise in the history of science. more...
Isaac Newtonby Richard S. Westfall
Oxford University Press, UK 2007; US$ 9.00Definitive, concise, and very interesting... From William Shakespeare to Winston Churchill, the Very Interesting People series provides authoritative bite-sized biographies of Britain's most fascinating historical figures - people whose influence and importance have stood the test of time. Each book in the series is based upon the biographical entry from the world-famous Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. - more...
Isaac Newton and Physics for Kidsby Kerrie Logan Hollihan
Chicago Review Press 2009; US$ 11.95Featuring 21 hands-on projects that explore the scientific concepts Isaac Newton developed, this illuminating guide paints a rich portrait of the brilliant and complex man and provides young readers with a hands-on understanding of astronomy, physics, and mathematics. The activity-packed resource allows children to experiment with swinging pendulums, build a simple waterwheel, create a 17th-century plague mask, track the phases of the moon, bake an apple pye in a coffin,” and test Newton’s three laws of motion using coins, a skateboard, and a model boat they construct themselves. A time line, excerpts from Newton's own writings, online resources, and a reading list for further exploration ensure that... more...
Isaac Newtonby A. Rupert Hall; David Knight
Cambridge University Press 1996; US$ 40.00Absorbing survey of the vast, modern scholarship on the complex, enigmatic, diverse genius of Newton. more...
Isaac Newton and the Laws of the Universeby Jane Weir
Shell Education 2007; US$ 8.99Isaac Newton is considered one of the greatest scientists who ever lived. His work changed the way humans understand astronomy, physics, math, and more. He is probably most famous for three laws about the way things move, called Newtons Law of Motion. more...
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