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Author Novelli, Luca, 1947- author, illustrator.

Title Newton and the anti-gravity formula / texts and illustrations by Luca Novelli.

Publication Info. Chicago, Illinois : Chicago Review Press, [2017]

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 West Hartford, Bishop's Corner Branch - Children's Department  JB NEWTON ISAAC    Check Shelf
Edition English edition.
Description 110 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm.
Series Flashes of genius
Novelli, Luca, 1947- Flashes of genius.
Note "Original title: Newton e la formula dell'antigravit."
Contents The world awaiting Newton -- Me, Isaac Newton -- I have a terrible temper -- Boring and interesting subjects -- Discovering Cambridge -- Student life -- The days of the Black Death -- The ghost of light -- A young man with a career -- Problems as a professor -- Surprises in the sky and earth -- One law, or rather, three -- Lunar attraction -- An almost magical law -- In politics and work -- The "clipping" of coins -- Newton's life -- President of the Royal Society -- The last night of winter -- Gravitational dictionary.
Summary Describes the life and accomplishments of the famous physicist and mathematician, detailing the advances he made in the fields of motion, universal gravitation, and calculus.
Subject Newton, Isaac, 1642-1727 -- Juvenile literature.
Newton, Isaac, 1642-1727. (OCoLC)fst01801333
Physicists -- Great Britain -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
Physics -- Europe -- History -- 17th century -- Juvenile literature.
Gravity -- History -- 17th century -- Juvenile literature.
Celestial mechanics -- History -- 17th century -- Juvenile literature.
Celestial mechanics. (OCoLC)fst00850133
Gravity. (OCoLC)fst00946884
Physicists. (OCoLC)fst01063014
Physics. (OCoLC)fst01063025
Europe. (OCoLC)fst01245064
Great Britain. (OCoLC)fst01204623
Chronological Term 1600-1699
Genre/Form Biography. (OCoLC)fst01423686
History. (OCoLC)fst01411628
Juvenile works. (OCoLC)fst01411637
Added Title Newton e la formula dell'antigravità. English
ISBN 9781613738610 (paperback)
1613738617 (paperback)
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