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Zusatztext The Christian Century Berlinski draws an elegant portrait of Isaac Newton and his scientific discoveries that will captivate...A thoroughly engaging and sensitive guide to Newton's "soul-shattering worldview." Informationen zum Autor David Berlinski Klappentext Sir Isaac Newton, creator of the first and perhaps most important scientific theory, is a giant of the scientific era. Despite this, he has remained inaccessible to most modern readers, indisputably great but undeniably remote.In this witty, engaging, and often moving examination of Newton's life, David Berlinski recovers the man behind the mathematical breakthroughs. The story carries the reader from Newton's unremarkable childhood to his awkward undergraduate days at Cambridge through the astonishing year in which, working alone, he laid the foundation for his system of the world, his Principia Mathematica, and to the subsequent monumental feuds that poisoned his soul and wearied his supporters.An edifying appreciation of Newton's greatest accomplishment, Newton's Gift is also a touching celebration of a transcendent man. Zusammenfassung Sir Isaac Newton! creator of the first and perhaps most important scientific theory! is a giant of the scientific era. Despite this! he has remained inaccessible to most modern readers! indisputably great but undeniably remote. In this witty! engaging! and often moving examination of Newton's life! David Berlinski recovers the man behind the mathematical breakthroughs. The story carries the reader from Newton's unremarkable childhood to his awkward undergraduate days at Cambridge through the astonishing year in which! working alone! he laid the foundation for his system of the world! his Principia Mathematica! and to the subsequent monumental feuds that poisoned his soul and wearied his supporters. An edifying appreciation of Newton's greatest accomplishment! Newton's Gift is also a touching celebration of a transcendent man. Inhaltsverzeichnis ContentsIntroductionA Note to the Reader In the Year that Galileo Died An Escape from the Plow The Infinite The Special Instrument Newton in His Prime The Field of Rancor A Good Question A Study in Starkness A Loan from the Future The Orb of the Moon The System of the World The Captive of His Camouflage Master of the Mint The Defile The QuestAppendix: Descent into DetailNewton ChronologyIndex...
