Isaac Newton
Adventurer in Thought
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- Author: A. Rupert Hall, Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine, London
- Date Published: April 1996
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- format: Paperback
- isbn: 9780521566698
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In this elegant, absorbing biography of Isaac Newton (1642-1727), Rupert Hall surveys the vast field of modern scholarship in order to interpret Newton's mathematical and experimental approach to nature. Mathematics was always the deepest, most innovative and productive of Newton's interests. However, he was also a historian, theologian, chemist, civil servant and natural philosopher. These diverse studies were unified in his single design as a Christian to explore every facet of God's creation. The exploration during the past forty years of Newton's huge manuscript legacy, has greatly altered previous stories of Newton's life, throwing new light on his personality and intellect. Hall's discussion of this research, first published in 1992, shows that Newton cannot simply be explained as a Platonist, or mystic. He remains a complex and enigmatic genius with an immensely imaginative and commonsensical mind.
Read more- Stimulating, up-to-date summaries of recent research on Newton's contributions to mathematics, optics, and mechanics
- Reads easily yet never unduly modernises or simplifies its subject matter
- Highlights Newton as the greatest natural philosopher of the seventeenth century
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- Date Published: April 1996
- format: Paperback
- isbn: 9780521566698
- length: 488 pages
- dimensions: 228 x 152 x 31 mm
- weight: 0.68kg
- contains: 15 b/w illus. 1 table
- availability: Available
Table of Contents
General editor's preface
Preface
1. The hopeful youth, 1642–1664
2. 'The prime of my age for invention', 1664–1667
3. Widening horizons, 1667–1669
4. The professor of mathematics, 1669–1673
5. Publication and polemic, 1672–1678
6. Life in Cambridge, 1675–1685
7. The chemical philosopher, 1669–1695
8. The Mathematical Principles of Natural Philosophy, 1679–1687
9. Private and public life, 1685–1696
10. Fluxions and fury, 1677–1712
11. Opticks, or a Treatise of Light, 1687–1718
12. Life in London, 1696–1718
13. A man of authority and learning, 1692–1727
14. Later books, 1706–1726
15. Kensington, 1725–1727
Appendices
Notes
Bibliography
Index.
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