Newton's gift : how Sir Isaac Newton unlocked the system of the world /

Berlinski, David, 1942-

Newton's gift : how Sir Isaac Newton unlocked the system of the world / David Berlinski. - New York : Free Press, c2000. - xviii, 217 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.

Includes index.

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 Quest --
Descent into Detail.

Discusses seventeenth-century scientist Sir Isaac Newton's life, focusing on his "system of the world" and his pioneering of mathematical physics, which changed science forever.

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Newton, Isaac, Sir, 1642-1727


Physics--History.
Física--Historia.
Físicos--Gran Bretaña--Biografía.
Physicists--Great Britain--Biography.

B QC 16 / N563B 2000

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