TY  - GEN
T1  - Isaac Newton
T2  - Lives and legacies.
A1  - Christianson, Gale E.
LA  - English
PP  - Oxford ; New York
PB  - Oxford University Press
YR  - 2005
UL  - https://ebooks.jgu.edu.in/Record/ebsco_acadsubs_ocm62865933
AB  - 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 portrait of Newton and the times in which he lived. We follow Newton from his childhood in rural England to his student days at Cambridge, where he devoured the works of Copernicus, Kepler, and Galileo, and taught himself mathematics. There ensued two miraculous years at home in Woolsthorpe Manor, where he fled when plague threatened Cambridge, a remarkably fertile period when Newton formulated his theory of gravity, a new theory of light, and calculus - all by his twenty-fourth birthday. Christianson describes Newton's creation of the first working model of the reflecting telescope, which brought him to the attention of the Royal Society, and he illuminates the eighteen months of intense labor that resulted in his Principia, arguably the most important scientific work ever published.; The book sheds light on Newton's later life as master of the mint in London, where he managed to convict and hang the arch criminal William Chaloner (a remarkable turn for a once reclusive scholar), and his presidency of the Royal Society, which he turned from a dilettante's club into an eminent scientific organization. Christianson also explores Newton's less savory side, including his long, bitter feud with Robert Hooke and the underhanded way that Newton established his priority in the invention of calculus and tarnished Liebniz's reputation. Newton was an authentic genius with all too human faults. This book captures both sides of this truly extraordinary man. This is a volume in "Oxford's Lives and Legacies" series. Brief, erudite, and inviting, the exciting new "Lives and Legacies" series offers a fresh look at some of the greatest minds in the humanities and sciences. Written by prominent authors, these engaging volumes will shed light on the life and work of our leading intellectual, artistic, and historical figures.
OP  - 144
CN  - QC16.N7 C51 2005eb
SN  - 142374635X
SN  - 9781423746355
SN  - 1280428686
SN  - 9781280428685
SN  - 9786610428687
SN  - 6610428689
SN  - 019530070X
SN  - 9780195300703
KW  - Newton, Isaac, : 1642-1727.
KW  - Newton, Isaac, : (Sir,), : 1642-1727.
KW  - Newton, Isaac, : 1642-1727
KW  - Physicists : Great Britain : Biography.
KW  - SCIENCE : Physics : General.
KW  - SCIENCE : Mechanics : General.
KW  - BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY : Science & Technology.
KW  - SCIENCE : Energy.
KW  - Physicists : Great Britain.
KW  - Physicists
KW  - Great Britain
KW  - Biographies
ER  -