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Newton's gift : how Sir Isaac Newton unlocked the system of the world / David Berlinski.
Discusses seventeenth-century scientist Sir Isaac Newton's life, focusing on his "system of the world" and his pioneering of mathematical physics, which changed science forever.
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- ISBN: 0684843927
- ISBN: 9780684843926
- Physical Description: xviii, 217 p. : ill ; 23 cm.
- Publisher: New York : Free Press, c2000.
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| General Note: | Includes index. |
| Formatted Contents Note: | In the Year that Galileo Died -- An Escape from the Plow -- The Infinite -- The Special Instrument -- Newton in His Prime -- The Field of Rancor -- A Good Question -- A Study in Starkness -- A Loan from the Future -- The Orb of the Moon -- The System of the World -- The Captive of His Camouflage -- Master of the Mint -- The Defile -- The Quest -- Descent into Detail. |
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| Subject: | Newton, Isaac, Sir, 1642-1727. Newton, Isaac Physics > History. Physicists > Great Britain > Biography. Física > Historis. Físicos > Gran Bretaña > Biografía. Gravitatie. |
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