Richard S. Westfall

The Life of Isaac Newton

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Produktbeschreibung

Isaac Newton was indisputably one of the greatest scientists in history. Richard Westfall captures in engaging detail both his private life and scientific career. An abridged version of his magisterial study Never at Rest (1980), this concise biography makes Westfall's highly acclaimed portrait of Newton newly accessible to general readers.

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Produktdetails

• Canto Classics
• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 352
• Erscheinungstermin: 13. April 2018
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 216mm x 140mm x 20mm
• Gewicht: 438g
• ISBN-13: 9781107569850
• ISBN-10: 1107569850
• Artikelnr.: 43000194

Inhaltsangabe

Acknowledgements
A note about dates
1. A sober, silent, thinking lad
2. The solitary scholar
3. Anni Mirabilis
4. Lucasian professor
5. Publication and crisis
6. Rebellion
7. Years of silence
8. Principia
9. Revolution
10. The Mint
11. President of the Royal Society
12. The priority dispute
13. Years of decline
Biographical essay
Index.