Isaac Newton
Subtitle: the scientist who changed everything
By: Philip Steele.
Contributors: National Geographic Society (U.S.)
Series: National Geographic world history biographies
Publisher: National Geographic Society
Published: 2007
Place of publication: Washington, D.C
Language: eng
Number of pages: 64
ISBN-13: 9781426301148; 9781426301155
Subjects: Newton, Isaac, -- Sir, -- 1642-1727; Physicists -- Great Britain -- Biography
Genres: Biography.
Description: On Christmas Day 1642, a farmer's wife gave birth to a baby boy in Lincolnshire, England. Isaac Newton was a sickly child who found it difficult to make friends. When it came to farming, he got into trouble for letting the pigs go astray and the fences fall down. But he was fascinated by inventions, spending his time carving sundials and making kites. No one would have guessed that, when Newton grew up, he would be one the the greatest scientists the world has ever known. His discoveries would change the way people understood the universe.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 62) and index.