- 178 pages
- English
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- Available on iOS & Android
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About this book
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.
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Table of contents
- Cover Page
- Half Title page
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Original Title Page
- Original Copyright Page
- Dedication
- Preface
- Preface to the Second Edition
- Contents
- List of Illustrations
- I The Lincolnshire Child, 1642–1661
- II The Cambridge Student, 1661–1665
- III The Dawn of Mathematical Discovery, 1665
- IV The Germ of Universal Gravitation, 1666
- V The Analysis of Light and Colour, 1666
- VI The Optical Decade, 1668–1678
- VII The Gravitational Decade, 1678–1687
- VIII The “Principia,” 1687
- IX The Transitional Decade, 1687–1696
- X The Guardian of the Nation's Coinage, 1696–1727
- XI The Doyen of British Science, 1703–1727
- XII The End, 1727
- Index