Isaac Newton / James Gleick.

  • Gleick, James.
Date:
[2003], ©2003
  • Books

About this work

Publication/Creation

New York : Pantheon Books, [2003], ©2003.

Physical description

xii, 272 pages : illustrations, color portrait ; 21 cm

Contributors

Contents

1. What imployment is he fit for -- 2. Some philosophical questions -- 3. To resolve problems by motion -- 4. Two great orbs -- 5. Bodys & senses -- 6. The oddest if not the most considerable detection -- 7. Reluctancy and rection - 8. In the midst of a whirlwind -- 9. All things are corruptible -- 10. Heresy, blasphemy, idolatry -- 11. First principles -- 12. Every body perseveres -- 13. Is he like other men -- 14. No man is a witness in his own cause -- 15. The marble index of a mind.

Bibliographic information

Includes bibliographical references (p. 241-258) and index.

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Where to find it

  • LocationStatus
    History of Medicine
    BZP (Newton)
    Open shelves

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ISBN

  • 0375422331