The life of Isaac Newton / Richard S. Westfall.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Westfall, Richard S., author.

Series:

Canto original series.

Canto original series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Newton, Isaac, 1642-1727.

Newton, Isaac.

Physics--History.

Physics.

Science--History.

Science.

Physicists--Great Britain--Biography.

Physicists.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xv, 328 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Place of Publication:

Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 1994.

Summary:

Isaac Newton was indisputably one of the greatest scientists in history. His achievements in mathematics and physics marked the culmination of the movement that brought modern science into being. Richard Westfall's biography captures in engaging detail both his private life and scientific career, presenting a complex picture of Newton the man, and as scientist, philosopher, theologian, alchemist and public figure, President of the Royal Society and Warden of the Royal Mint. An abridged version of his magisterial study Never at Rest, this concise biography is now published for the first time in paperback and makes Westfall's highly acclaimed portrait of Newton newly accessible to general readers.

Contents:

A sober, silent, thinking lad

The solitary scholar

Anni mirabiles

Lucasian professor

Publication and crisis

Rebellion

Years of silence

Principia

Revolution

The mint

President of the Royal Society

The priority dispute

Years of decline.

Notes:

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-139-88206-6

1-107-45881-1

1-107-45302-X

1-107-05033-2

1-107-46465-X

1-107-47170-2

1-107-46804-3

OCLC:

862614367