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The life of Isaac Newton
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ISBN: 1107458811 110745302X 1107050332 110746465X 1107471702 1107468043 9781461944836 146194483X 9781107468047 9780521432528 0521432529 0521477379 9780521477376 0521432529 9780521477376 9781107050334 1139882066 1107460123 Year: 1993 Publisher: Cambridge: Cambridge university press,

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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 and public figure, President of the Royal Society and Warden of the Royal Mint. An abridged version of his magisterial study Never at Rest, this concise biography is now published for the first time in paperback and makes Westfall's highly acclaimed portrait of Newton newly accessible to general readers.

Never at rest: : a biography of Isaac Newton
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ISBN: 9781107340664 9780521231435 9780521274357 9781461941439 1461941431 1107340667 0521231434 1107384575 113988591X 1107398371 1107387132 0521274354 Year: 1982 Publisher: Cambridge: Cambridge university press,

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This richly detailed 1981 biography captures both the personal life and the scientific career of Isaac Newton, presenting a fully rounded picture of Newton the man, the scientist, the philosopher, the theologian, and the public figure. Professor Westfall treats all aspects of Newton's career, but his account centres on a full description of Newton's achievements in science. Thus the core of the work describes the development of the calculus, the experimentation that altered the direction of the science of optics, and especially the investigations in celestial dynamics that led to the law of universal gravitation.

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