Isaac Newton Hardcover - 2006
by Kathleen Krull; Boris Kulikov (Illustrator)
What was Isaac Newton like? Secretive, vindictive, withdrawn, obsessive,and, oh, yes, brilliant. His imagination was so large that, just 'by thinkingon it,' he invented calculus and figured out the scientific explanation ofgravity.Yet Newton was so small-minded that he set out to destroy otherscientists who dared question his findings. Here is a compelling portraitof Newton, contradictions and all, that places him against the backdropof 17th-century England, a time of plague, the Great Fire of London, andtwo revolutions.
'That Krull manages, in some 100-plus text pages, to presentLeonardo's scientific accomplishments while at the same time conveyinga sense of the man himselfis no mean feat and bodes well for the succeedingvolumes in the series.' Kirkus Reviews for Giants of Science: Leonardo da Vinci
Summary
What was Isaac Newton like? Secretive, vindictive, withdrawn, obsessive, and, oh, yes, brilliant. His imagination was so large that, just "by thinking on it," he invented calculus and figured out the scientific explanation of gravity.Yet Newton was so small-minded that he set out to destroy other scientists who dared question his findings. Here is a compelling portrait of Newton, contradictions and all, that places him against the backdrop of 17th-century England, a time of plague, the Great Fire of London, and two revolutions.
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- Title Isaac Newton
- Author Kathleen Krull; Boris Kulikov (Illustrator)
- Binding Hardcover
- Edition First Printing
- Pages 126
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Viking Books, 3-27
- Date 2006-04-06
- Illustrated Yes
- ISBN 9780670059218 / 0670059218
- Weight 0.63 lbs (0.29 kg)
- Dimensions 8.56 x 5.82 x 0.7 in (21.74 x 14.78 x 1.78 cm)
- Ages 08 to 12 years
- Grade levels 3 - 7
- Reading level 1000
- Library of Congress subjects Newton, Isaac, Physicists - Great Britain
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 2005017741
- Dewey Decimal Code B
Media reviews
“Outstanding. A multi-faceted portrait of a genius.”—School Library Journal, starred review
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