Isaac's Eye playfully blends the facts of Newton's life with an equal dose fiction to explore what great people are willing to sacrifice to become great people. "To understand light and optics better, young Isaac Newton inserted a long needle "between my eye and the bone, as near to the backside of my eye as I could." Why take such a risk? Lucas Hnath reimagines the contentious, plague-ravaged world Newton inhabited in ISAAC'S EYE, exploring the dreams and longings that drove the rural farm boy to become one of the greatest thinkers in modern science"--Back cover.
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