Isaac Newton

by Richard S. Westfall

Overview

Definitive, concise, and very interesting... From William Shakespeare to Winston Churchill, the Very Interesting People series provides authoritative bite-sized biographies of Britain's most fascinating historical figures - people whose influence and importance have stood the test of time. Each book in the series is based upon the biographical entry from the world-famous Oxford Dictionary of National Biography.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780191526701
Publisher:	OUP Oxford
Publication date:	04/23/2007
Series:	Very Interesting People
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Sales rank:	835,110
File size:	516 KB

About the Author

Richard S. Westfall was Professor of History and Philosophy, Indiana University. He died in 1996.

Table of Contents

Abbreviations     vii
Beginnings in science     1
'My age for invention'     11
The Lucasian professor     29
Principia mathematica     49
Newton in London     71
Revisions and disputes     89
Sources     107
Index     109