| Description |
126 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm. |
| Series |
Giants of science |
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Krull, Kathleen.
Giants of science.
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| Awards |
A Junior Library Guild selection. |
| Audience |
Ages 10 up. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Summary |
Isaac Newton was not only briiliant, but secretive, vindictive and obsessive. Here is a portrait of the man, contradictions and all, than places him against the backdrop of seventeenth-century England, a time of plague, the Great Fire of London, and two revolutions. |
| Contents |
Introduction -- ch. 1. All alone -- ch. 2. The most amazing toys -- ch. 3. Learning outside the class -- ch. 4. The apple -- ch. 5. Newton versus Hooke -- ch. 6. Math war -- ch. 7. Star war -- ch. 8. The greatest science book in the world -- ch. 9. Newton versus Newton -- ch. 10. And what about alchemy? -- ch. 11. The crimson years -- ch. 12. Impact -- Bibliography -- Index. |
| Study Program |
Accelerated Reader/Renaissance Learning MG 7.3 3 |
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Accelerated Reader AR MG 7.3 3.0 104751. |
| Subject |
Newton, Isaac, 1642-1727 -- Juvenile literature.
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Physicists -- Great Britain -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
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Newton, Isaac, 1642-1727.
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Physicists -- Great Britain -- Biography.
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| Added Author |
Kulikov, Boris, 1966- illustrator.
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| ISBN |
0670059218 hardcover $15.99 |
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9780670059218 hardcover |
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