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Isaac Newton / Richard S. Westfall.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Westfall, Richard S., author.
- Series:
- Very interesting people ; 5.
- Oxford scholarship online.
- Very interesting people ; 5
- Oxford scholarship online
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Newton, Isaac, 1642-1727.
- Newton, Isaac.
- Physicists--Great Britain--Biography.
- Physicists.
- Scientists--Great Britain--Biography.
- Scientists.
- Physics--History.
- Physics.
- Science--History.
- Science.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (127 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2023.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- From William Shakespeare to Winston Churchill, the books in this series provide authoritative bite-sized biographies of Britain's most fascinating historical figures - people whose influence and importance have stood the test of time.
- Contents:
- Beginnings in science
- 'My age for invention'
- The Lucasian professor
- Principia mathematica
- Newton in London
- Revisions and disputes.
- Notes:
- Formerly CIP.
- "First published in the Oxford dictionary of national biography 2004"--T.p. verso
- Previously issued in print: 2007.
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 107-108) and index.
- Derived record based on print version record and publisher information.
- ISBN:
- 1-383-03516-4
- 0-19-152670-3
- OCLC:
- 870243809
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