Isaac Newton

Zusatztext Prof. Christianson has done a great service to the science community and many others including students and the educated public. He has written an easy to read, enjoyable short biography on Newton that will that will attract not only students of science but also many others. Informationen zum Autor Gale E. Christianson is retired from Indiana State University, where he served as Distinguished Professor of the College of Arts and Sciences and Professor of History. Among his many books are In the Presence of the Creator: Isaac Newton and His Times, Edwin Hubble: Mariner of the Nebulae, and Greenhouse: The 200-Hundred Year Story of Global Warming. He is a Guggenheim Fellow, a Huntington Library Fellow, and the recipient of numerous other grants and awards. Christianson lives in Terre Haute, where he continues to research and write. Klappentext Rising from an illiterate family to become one of the towering intellects of science, Isaac Newton also had his quirks and a less savory side. Christianson paints an engaging portrait of Newton and the times in which he lived in this engaging volume. Zusammenfassung 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.

Product details

• Authors: Christianson, G. E. Christianson, Gale E. Christianson, Gale E. (Distinguished Professor Christianson, Christianson Gale E.
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.09.2005
• EAN: 9780195300703
• ISBN: 978-0-19-530070-3
• No. of pages: 160
• Series: Lives and Legacies; Lives & Legacies (Oxford); Lives and Legacies; Lives & Legacies (Oxford)
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Physics, astronomy > General, dictionaries; Modern history to 20th century: c 1700 to c 1900, European History, SCIENCE / History, HISTORY / Europe / General, 19th century, c 1800 to c 1899, 18th century, c 1700 to c 1799, History of Science, British & Irish history, 17th century, c 1600 to c 1699, Early modern history: c 1450/1500 to c 1700, 16th century, c 1500 to c 1599