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Isaac Newton: Adventurer in Thought (Cambridge Science Biographies)

By A. Rupert Hall

Book information

Year
1996
ISBN
9780521566698, 9780521562218, 9780511622403, 063117902X, 052156669X, 052156221X, 0511622406, 9780631179023
LCC
QC16.N7 H35 1996
Open Library ID
OL21570079M
Language
english
Format
DJVU
Filesize
3 MB (3014380 bytes)
Pages
488\482
Time added
2011-06-04 13:46:07
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Description

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.

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