Sir Isaac Newton: One of the Greatest Minds of All-Time. The Entire Life Story - Paperback

by The History Hour (Author)

Isaac Newton's main body of work was as a physicist and mathematician. He was a part of a scientific revolution in the 17th century which would fundamentally change the way that people would see the world. In the field of optics, he would advance our understanding of light and how we saw it.

Inside you will read about...

• Born Into Tragedy
• His Life in Cambridge
• The Start of His Genius
• The Birth of Calculus
• Newton Invents a New Telescope
• His Famous Work on Light and Color
• Newton and His Rivals
• The Most Important Science Book of All-Time
• The Principia
• The Apple Myth
• Newton's Dark Obsessions
• Newton the Man and his Later Life
• Newton the Hangman
• Newton's Weird and Wonderful Personality
• His Final Years
• Newton's Legacy
• The Strengths and Weaknesses of Sir Isaac Newton
• How Can We Use Newton's Strengths in Our Lives?
• The Best Books on Isaac Newton

And much more

In mechanics he would create his famous three laws of motion but it's in physics that he became most well-known for his understanding of gravity, and in mathematics for his discovery of calculus and his writing perhaps the single most important scientific book of all-time, the 'Principia' which is still referenced today.