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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| Format: | Licensed eBooks |
| Language: | English |
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Oxford ; New York :
Oxford University Press,
2005.
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| Series: | Lives and legacies.
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| Online Access: | https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=146923 |
Table of Contents:
- 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."