| Product Summary | | Format: Paperback | | ISBN: 9781400032952 | | Publisher: Random House Inc | | Publish Date: 4/10/2007 | | Buy.com Sku: 36331889 | | Item#: BF46XU | | Dimensions (in Inches) 8H x 5.25L x 0.5T | | Pages: 288 |
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| | | Isaac Newton was born in a stone farmhouse in 1642, fatherless and unwanted by his mother. When he died in London in 1727 he was so renowned he was given a state funeral--an unheard-of honor for a subject whose achievements were in the realm of the intellect. During the years he was an irascible presence at Trinity College, Cambridge, Newton imagined properties of nature and gave them names--"mass, "gravity, "velocity--things our science now takes for granted. Inspired by Aristotle, spurred on by Galileo's discoveries and the philosophy of Descartes, Newton grasped the intangible and dared to take its measure, a leap of the mind unparalleled in his generation.
James Gleick, the author of Chaos and Genius, and one of the most acclaimed science writers of "his generation, brings the reader into Newton's reclusive life and provides startlingly clear explanations of the concepts that changed forever our perception of bodies, rest, and motion--ideas so basic to the twenty-first century, it can truly be said: We are all Newtonians.
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Gleick, author of FASTER and CHAOS, tackles the life of the principal creator of modern physics: Isaac Newton. This latest biography not only tracks the earthly wanderings of the noted Englishman, but also tries to capture the intellectual journeys that brought Newton to his influential theories.
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"...a slender, thoroughly researched account of Newton's life, written in a spare, sometimes lyrical prose-style..." 06/04/2003Literary Review
"[W]ill set a new benchmark for our understanding of Newton the man....Gleick has given us a refreshingly bold version of Newton, a captivating model for mankind's struggle with the secrets of nature." - Lisa Jardine December, 2003 |
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