Entrée principale:

Westfall, Richard S., author

Titre et auteur:

Never at rest : a biography of Isaac Newton / Richard S. Westfall, Professor of History of Science, Indiana University.

Publication:

Cambridge, England, United Kingdom ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 1980
©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 -- The discovery of a new world -- A sober, silent, thinking lad -- The solitary scholar -- Resolving problems by motion -- Anni mirabiles -- Lucasian professor -- Publication and crisis -- Rebellion -- Years of silence -- Principia -- Revolution -- The Mint -- President of the Royal Society -- The priority dispute -- Years of decline -- Bibliographical essay -- List of illustrations -- Index.
American Historical Association Leo Gershoy Award, 1981.
History of Science Society Pfizer Award, 1983.

Résumé:

"This richly detailed biography of Isaac Newton deals with every facet of his remarkable life, but centers on the scientific career that has made him a subject of eternal interest. Recent research has fundamentally altered our perception of the man whose influence dominated physical science for two centuries, and Professor Westfall draws on this work in presenting a fully rounded picture of Newton the man, scientist, philosopher, theologian, and public figure."--The inside front flap

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French equivalent / Équivalent français
Publisher description

ISBN:

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

Sujet:

Newton, Isaac, 1642-1727.
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

Classification/genre:

Biography
Biographies

Exemplaires:

Localisation: Bibliothèque main 10980
Cote: ID:85-B6089
Statut: Disponible