Isaac Newton (Giants of Science)
Type
Book
Authors
ISBN 10
0545003717
ISBN 13
9780545003711
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Publication Year
2016
Publisher
Scholastic, United States
Pages
119
Description
Same cover illustration as hardcover (ISBN: 0670059218). What was Isaac Newton like? Secretive, vindictive, withdrawn, obsessive, and, oh, yes, brilliant. His imagination was so large that, just ''by thinking on it,'' he invented calculus and figured out the scientific explanation of gravity. Yet Newton was so small-minded that he set out to destroy other scientists who dared question his findings. Here is a compelling portrait of Newton, contradictions and all, that places him against the backdrop of 17th-century England, a time of plague, the Great Fire of London, and two revolutions. - from Amzon
Number of Copies
1
