Isaac Newton
By: Kay Barnham
Series: Science biographies; Raintree perspectives; Raintree perspectives
Publisher: Raintree
Published: 2014
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 32
ISBN-13: 9781406272406
Copyright date: 2014
Subjects: Juvenile literature; Physicists; Biography
Description: "This book traces the life of Isaac Newton, from his early childhood and education through his sources of inspiration and challenges faced, early successes, and the work on gravity and light for which he is best known. A timeline at the end of the book summarizes key milestones and achievements of Newton's life."--
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (page 31) and index.
Table of contents: title: Introducing Isaac Newton; title: Young Isaac; title: Isaac the student; title: Plague!; title: The colours of the rainbow; title: Newton's apple; title: Newton's telescope; title: How planets move; title: Newton's laws of motion; title: Newton the mathematician; title: What Newton did next; title: Sir Isaac Newton; title: After Newton.