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Isaac Newton / by Kathleen Krull ; illustrated by Boris Kulikov.

Krull, Kathleen. (Author). Kulikov, Boris, 1966- (ill.).

Summary:

Isaac Newton was not only brilliant, but secretive, vindictive and obsessive. Here is a portrait of the man, contradictions and all, than places him against the backdrop of seventeenth-century England, a time of plague, the Great Fire of London, and two revolutions.

Record details

ISBN: 0670059218 (hardcover) :
ISBN: 9780670059218 (hardcover)
Physical Description: 126 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.
Publisher: New York : Viking, 2006.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Formatted Contents Note:	Introduction -- ch. 1. All alone -- ch. 2. The most amazing toys -- ch. 3. Learning outside the class -- ch. 4. The apple -- ch. 5. Newton versus Hooke -- ch. 6. Math war -- ch. 7. Star war -- ch. 8. The greatest science book in the world -- ch. 9. Newton versus Newton -- ch. 10. And what about alchemy? -- ch. 11. The crimson years -- ch. 12. Impact -- Bibliography -- Index.
Target Audience Note:	Ages 10 up.
Study Program Information Note:	Accelerated Reader/Renaissance Learning MG 7.3 3.
Awards Note:	A Junior Library Guild selection.