num_pages: 928
description: This richly detailed 1981 biography captures both the personal life and the scientific career of Isaac Newton, presenting a fully rounded picture of Newton the man, the scientist, the philosopher, the theologian, and the public figure. Professor Westfall treats all aspects of Newton's career, but his account centres on a full description of Newton's achievements in science. Thus the core of the work describes the development of the calculus, the experimentation that altered the direction of the science of optics, and especially the investigations in celestial dynamics that led to the law of universal gravitation.
language: English
title: Never at Rest: A Biography of Isaac Newton
titlecomplete: Never at Rest: A Biography of Isaac Newton (Cambridge Paperback Library)
characters: Isaac Newton
genres: Biography, Philosophy, Science, Physics, Nonfiction, Memoir, Biography Memoir, History Of Science, Mathematics, History
ratings_count: 293
awards: awardedAt: 347184000000
name: Leo Gershoy Award, awardedAt: 410256000000
name: Pfizer Award
publisher: Cambridge University Press