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  • Early Biographies of Isaac Newton, 1660-1885 vol 1

    by Rob Iliffe, Milo Keynes, Rebekah Higgitt ...
    A collection of the many biographies of scientist Isaac Newton, demonstrating the ways in which his reputation continued to develop in the centuries after his death. It includes private letters, poetry and memoranda, and explores the debate over Newton's reputation, work and personal life. ... Read more

    $73.99 USD

  • Early Biographies of Isaac Newton, 1660-1885 vol 2

    by Rob Iliffe, Milo Keynes, Rebekah Higgitt ...
    A collection of the many biographies of scientist Isaac Newton, demonstrating the ways in which his reputation continued to develop in the centuries after his death. It includes private letters, poetry and memoranda, and explores the debate over Newton's reputation, work and personal life. ... Read more

    $73.99 USD

  • Newton

    A Very Short Introduction

    by Rob Iliffe ...
    Series series Very Short Introductions
    This Very Short Introduction uses Newton's own unpublished writings to provide fascinating insight into the man who kept the Royal Society under his thumb, was Head of the Mint, and whose contributions to our understanding of the heavens and the earth are considered by many to be unparalleled. The author begins with the legends surrounding Newton before next exploring the forces that shaped his ... Read more

    $7.99 USD

  • Priest of Nature

    The Religious Worlds of Isaac Newton

    by Rob Iliffe ...
    He was the dominant intellectual figure of his age. His published works, including the Principia Mathematica and Opticks, reached across the scientific spectrum, revealing the degree of his interdisciplinary genius. His renown opened doors throughout his career, securing him prestigious positions at Cambridge, the Royal Mint, and the Royal Society. Yet alongside his public success, Sir Isaac ... Read more

    $20.89 USD

  • The Cambridge Companion to Newton

    Edited by Rob Iliffe, George E. Smith ...
    Series series Cambridge Companions to Philosophy
    Sir Isaac Newton (1642–1727) was one of the greatest scientists of all time, a thinker of extraordinary range and creativity who has left enduring legacies in mathematics and physics. While most famous for his Principia, his work on light and colour, and his discovery of the calculus, Newton devoted much more time to research in chemistry and alchemy, and to studying prophecy, church history and ... Read more

    $40.99 USD

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  • The Life of Isaac Newton

    by Richard S. Westfall ...
    Series series Canto original series
    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 ... Read more

    $28.69 USD

  • The Life of Isaac Newton

    by Richard S. Westfall ...
    Series series Canto Classics
    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, ... Read more

    $22.19 USD

  • Out of the Shadow of a Giant

    Hooke, Halley, & the Birth of Science

    by John Gribbin, Mary Gribbin ...
    The authors of Ice Age "present a well-documented argument that [Newton] owed more to the ideas of others than he admitted" ( Kirkus Reviews).Robert Hooke and Edmond Halley, whose place in history has been overshadowed by the giant figure of Newton, were pioneering scientists within their own right, and instrumental in establishing the Royal Society.Although Newton is widely regarded as one of the ... Read more

    $12.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

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  • Newton and the Origin of Civilization

    by Mordechai Feingold, Jed Z. Buchwald ...
    Isaac Newton's Chronology of Ancient Kingdoms Amended, published in 1728, one year after the great man's death, unleashed a storm of controversy. And for good reason. The book presents a drastically revised timeline for ancient civilizations, contracting Greek history by five hundred years and Egypt's by a millennium. Newton and the Origin of Civilization tells the story of how one of the most ... Read more

    $52.59 USD

  • The Fellowship

    The Story of a Revolution

    by John Gribbin ...
    From the bestselling author of Science: A History comes the enthralling story of a revolution that shook the world. Seventeenth-century England was racked by civil war, plague and fire; a world ruled by superstition and ignorance. A series of meetings of 'natural philosophers' in Oxford and London saw the beginning of a new method of thinking based on proof and experiment. John Gribbin's gripping, ... Read more

    $15.69 USD

  • Newton

    Ackroyd's Brief Lives

    by Peter Ackroyd ...
    When Newton was not yet twenty-five years old, he formulated calculus, hit upon the idea of gravity, and discovered that white light was made up of all the colors of the spectrum. By 1678, Newton designed a telescope to study the movement of the planets and published Principia, a milestone in the history of science, which set forth his famous laws of motion and universal gravitation. Newton’s long ... Read more

    $14.99 USD

  • Newton

    His Life and the Universe

    by CHITTENDEN ...
    Inside you will read about:The English Civil War, Newton and the Apple, Newton's Work in Mathematics and Optics, Middle Years in Scientific Experiments,Principia, Newton and Alchemy, Later Life and Death And much more. Follow along as you travel from a rugged stone farmhouse to Trinity College, Cambridge to the halls of London exhibitions where Newton found himself the celebrity of the age. ... Read more

    $0.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus