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Author:

Krull, Kathleen.

Title:

Isaac Newton / by Kathleen Krull ; illustrated by Boris Kulikov.

Publisher:

Puffin Books,

Copyright Date:

2008, c2006

Description:

126 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.

Subject:

Newton, Isaac,--Sir,--1642-1727.
Physicists--Biography.
Telescopes.
Science--Methodology.

Other Authors:

Kulikov, Boris, 1966-

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. 117-119) and index.

Contents:

Index. ch. 12. All alone -- ch. 2. The most amazing toys -- ch. 3. Learning outside the class -- ch. 4. The apple -- ch. 5. Newton versus Hooke -- ch. 6. Math war -- ch. 7. Star war -- ch. 8. The greatest science book in the world -- ch. 9. Newton versus Newton -- ch. 10. And what about alchemy? -- ch. 11. The crimson years -- ch. 12. Impact -- Bibliography -- Index.

Summary:

Isaac Newton was not only brilliant, but secretive, vindictive and obsessive. Here is a portrait of the man, contradictions and all, that places him against the backdrop of seventeenth-century England, a time of plague, the Great Fire of London, and two revolutions.

Series:

Giants of science

ISBN:

0142408204 (pbk.)
9780142408209 (pbk.)

Locations:

KSPG296 -- Burlington Public Library (Burlington)

TZPC572 -- Center Point Public Library (Center Point)

BJPD251 -- Waukee Public Library (Waukee)