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I SAAC N EWTON
Gale E. Christianson
2005
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Copyright © 2005 by Gale E. Christianson
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Christianson, Gale E.
Isaac Newton / Gale E. Christianson.— 1st ed.
p. cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN-13: 978-0-19-530070-3
ISBN-10: 0-19-530070-X
1. Newton, Isaac, Sir, 1642–1727.
2. Physicists—Great Britain—Biography.
I. Title.
QC16.N7C51 2005
530'.092—dc22
2005009600
1 3 5 7 9 8 6 4 2
Printed in the United States of America
on acid-free paper
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C ONTENTS
PREFACE xi
One
“T O P LAY P HILOSOPHICALLY ” 1
Two
“M Y G REATER F RIEND ” 12
Three
O F G ENIUS , F IRE , AND P LAGUE 24
Four
T HE R EVOLUTIONARY P ROFESSOR 34
Five
“K INDLING C OAL ” 43
Six
T HE A LCHEMIST 53
vii
Seven
“A B OOK N OBODY U NDERSTANDS ” 63
Eight
“Y OUR M OST U NFORTUNATE
S ERVANT ” 77
Nine
M ARK OF THE L ION 88
Ten
T HE R OYAL S OCIETY 101
Eleven
W AR 110
Twelve
“L IKE A B OY ON THE S EASHORE ” 122
NOTES 129
FURTHER READING 135
INDEX 141
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