Isaac Newton /

Quarrelsome and quirky, a disheveled recluse who ate little, slept less, and yet had an iron constitution, Isaac Newton rose from a virtually illiterate family to become one of the towering intellects of science. Now, in this fast-paced, colorful biography, Gale E. Christianson paints an engaging po...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Christianson, Gale E.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2005.
Colección:Lives and legacies.
Temas:
Newton, Isaac, > 1642-1727.
Newton, Isaac, > (Sir,), > 1642-1727.
Newton, Isaac, > 1642-1727
Physicists > Great Britain > Biography.
SCIENCE > Physics > General.
SCIENCE > Mechanics > General.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY > Science & Technology.
SCIENCE > Energy.
Physicists > Great Britain.
Physicists
Great Britain
Biographies
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 1. "To play philosophically"
  • 2. "My greater friend"
  • 3. Of genius, fire, and plague
  • 4. The revolutionary professor
  • 5. "Kindling coal"
  • 6. The alchemist
  • 7. "A book nobody understands"
  • 8. "Your most unfortunate servant"
  • 9. Mark of the lion
  • 10. The royal society
  • 11. War
  • 12. "Like a boy on the seashore."

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