Sir Isaac Newton

Originally published in 1927 this book presents the main features of Newton's life and his chief contributions to scientific knowledge. It gives the non-scientist, as well as the specialist, an insight into the life, personality and achievements of one of England's greatest scientists and polymaths.

List of contents

1.The Lincolnshire Child, 1642-1661 2. The Cambridge Student, 1661-1665 3. The Dawn of Mathematical Discovery 1665 4. The Germ of Universal Gravitation, 1666 5. The Analysis of Light and Colour 1666 6. The Optical Decade, 1668-1678 7. The Gravitational Decade, 1678-1687 8. The 'Principia', 1687 9. The Transitional Decade, 1687-1696 10. The Guardian of the Nation's Coinage, 1696-1727 11. The Doyen of British Science, 1703-1727 12. The End 1727.

About the author

Selig Brodetsky (1888-1954) was Emeritus Professor of Applied Mathematics at the University of Leeds and President of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem.

Product details

• Authors: S. Brodetsky, Brodetsky S.
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Release: 19.01.2026
• EAN: 9781032941455
• ISBN: 978-1-0-3294145-5
• No. of pages: 178
• Series: Routledge Revivals
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Modern era up to 1918; Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Mathematics > General, dictionaries; MATHEMATICS / History & Philosophy, Philosophy of Mathematics, Early modern history: c 1450/1500 to c 1700, History and Archaeology, HISTORY / Europe / Renaissance