Main entry:

Westfall, Richard S., author

Title & Author:

Never at rest : a biography of Isaac Newton / Richard S. Westfall.

Publication:

Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 1980.

Description:

xviii, 908 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 875-884) and indexes.
Preface -- Acknowledgments -- A note about dates -- Abbreviations used in footnotes -- 1. The discovery of a new world -- 2. A sober, silent, thinking lad -- 3. The solitary scholar -- 4. Resolving problems by motion -- 5. Anni mirabiles -- 6. Lucasian professor -- 7. Publication and crisis -- 8. Rebellion -- 9. Years of silence -- 10. Principia -- 11. Revolution -- 12. The Mint -- 13. President of the Royal Society -- 14. The priority dispute -- 15. Years of decline -- Bibliographical essay -- List of illustrations -- Index.
American Historical Association Leo Gershoy Award, 1981.
History of Science Society Pfizer Award, 1983.

Summary:

This richly detailed biography captures both the personal life and the scientific career of Isaac Newton, presenting a fully rounded picture of Newton the man, the scientist, the philosopher, the theologian, and the public figure. Professor Westfall treats all aspects of Newton's career, but his account centres on a full description of Newton's achievements in science. Thus the core of the work describes the development of the calculus, the experimentation that altered the direction of the science of optics, and especially the investigations in celestial dynamics that led to the law of universal gravitation.

Resources:
French equivalent / Équivalent français
Publisher description
Table of contents
Table of contents

ISBN:

0521231434 (hardback)
9780521231435 (hardback)
(paperback)
0521274354
9780521274357

Subject:

Newton, Isaac, 1642-1727.
Newton, Isaac, 1642-1727 Biography.
Newton, Isaac, Sir, 1642-1727.
Physicists Great Britain Biography.
Physiciens Grande-Bretagne Biographies.
Physicists
Natuurkundigen.
Verenigd Koninkrijk van Groot-Brittannië en Noord-Ierland.
Great Britain
Newton, Isaac, Sir
Physicists Biography Great Britain

Form/genre:

Biography
Biographies

Holdings:

Location: Library main 10980
Call No.: ID:85-B6089
Status: Available