Newton : a very short introduction /

Newton : a very short introduction /

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Author / Creator:	Iliffe, Rob.
Imprint:	Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2007.
Description:	1 online resource (141 pages) : illustrations
Language:	English
Series:	Very short introductions ; 158 Very short introductions ; 158.
Subject:	Newton, Isaac, -- 1642-1727. Newton, Isaac, -- 1642-1727. Physicists -- Great Britain -- Biography. Physicists. Great Britain. Electronic books. Biographies.
Format:	E-Resource Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11152799

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ISBN:	9780191538254 0191538256 1281155233 9781281155238 9781429471190 1429471190 9786611155230 6611155236 0199298033 9780199298037 9780191579028 0191579025
Digital file characteristics:	data file
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references (pages 133-134) and index. Print version record.
Summary:	Newton's contributions to our understanding of the heavens and the earth are considered by many to be unparalleled. This Very Short Introduction explains his remarkable scientific theories, and also uses Newton's own unpublished writings to paint a picture of an extremely complex man whose beliefs had a huge impact on Europe's political, intellectual, and religious landscape. - ;This Very Short Introduction uses Newton's own unpublished writings to provide fascinating insight into the man who kept the Royal Society under his thumb, was Head of the Mint, and whose contributions to our understan.
Other form:	Print version: Iliffe, Rob. Newton. Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2007 0199298033 9780199298037
Standard no.:	9780199298037

Table of Contents:

List of illustrations; 1 A national man; 2 Playing philosophically; 3 The marvellous years; 4 The censorious multitude; 5 A true hermetic philosopher; 6 One of God's chosen few; 7 The divine book; 8 In the city; 9 Lord and master of all; 10 Centaurs and other animals; Further reading; Index.