Originally published: 1996. Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents:
"A sober, silent, thinking lad" -- New horizons -- A fruitful vacation -- Seeing the light -- The hermit professor -- A question of gravity -- The principia -- Outside forces -- The mint -- "The great ocean of truth" -- "On the shoulders of giants" -- Activities -- Chronology.
Summary:
Isaac Newton is best known for his theories of motion and gravitation. These laws served as the foundation of science for the past three hundred years. In addition, using a prism, Newton first discovered the that sunlight is actually made up of light rays of many different colors. Among his other discoveries is the branch of mathematics called calculus.
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