newton, isaac, sir

Explores Newton's life and achievements and assesses how he came to influence posterity.

Details Newton's life from a childhood in Lincolnshire to the heretical religious ideas that absorbed him as a scientist.

Explores and compares the life and works of two physicists, regarded as geniuses, from childhood through their professional careers.

Surveys the history of discoveries in physics from the theories of Aristotle to recent developments, emphasizing the contributions of Isaac Newton.

Describes the scientific and mathematical discoveries of Isaac Newton through a biographical approach to his work, which resulted in modern science.

Biography of Newton, the inventor, scholar, and researcher, who formulated the basis of all modern science.

A biography of the English scientist who made important discoveries in astronomy--the reflecting telescope, the nature of light, and the law of gravitation.

A biography of the seventeenth-century English scientist who developed the theory of gravity, discovered the secret of light and color, and formulated the system of calculus.