| Edition |
First U.S. edition. |
| Description |
xi, 176 pages : illustrations ; 19 cm. |
| Series |
Ackroyd's brief lives |
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Ackroyd, Peter, 1949-
Ackroyd's brief lives.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages [169]-170) and index. |
| Contents |
A blessed boy -- College boy -- The apple falls -- The darker art -- The professor -- A secret faith -- A taste of fire -- Eureka! -- The great work -- The public world -- Hero worship -- The balance is lost -- Matters of coinage -- Female company -- Leader of the royal society -- A battle of wills -- Duel of wits -- In decline -- The last days. |
| Subject |
Newton, Isaac, 1642-1727.
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Physicists -- Great Britain -- Biography.
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| ISBN |
9780385507998 hardcover |
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0385507992 hardcover |
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