"Isaac Newton is generally regarded as one of the greatest scientists in history, yet the spectrum of his interests was much broader than that of a contemporary scientist. He was deeply involved in alchemical, religious and biblical studies, and in the later part of his life he …
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Presents Newton's unifying idea of gravitation and explains how he converted physics from a science of explanation into a general mathematical system.
Metaphysics and methodology -- Mathematics -- Space, time and motion -- Mass, momentum and energy -- Gravity -- The system of the world -- Astrophysics and cosmology -- Gravity and inertia "Mathematics is, in many ways, the most generic and abstract of all systems of human thou…
Westfall presents both the personal life and the scientific career of Isaac Newton, the man, the scientist, the philosopher, the theologian, and the public figure.
Isaac Newton (1642-1727) devoted ample time to the study of ancient chronology, resulting in the posthumously published 'The Chronology of Ancient Kingdoms Amended' (1728). Here, Newton attempted to show how the antiquity of Greece, Egypt, Assyria, Persia, and other Mediterranea…
Sir Isaac Newton (1642-1727) was one of the greatest scientists of all time, a thinker of extraordinary range and creativity who has left enduring legacies in mathematics and physics. While most famous for his Principia, his work on light and colour, and his discovery of the cal…
