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A surprising true story of Isaac Newton's boyhood suggests an intellectual development owing as much to magic as science.
Before Isaac Newton became the father of physics, an accomplished mathematician, or a leader of the scientific revolution, he was a boy living in an apothecary's house, observing and experimenting, recording his observations of the world in a tiny notebook. As a young genius living in a time before science as we
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After the mysterious drowning of his mother Elizabeth Vogelsang, who was writing a controversial biography of Isacc Newton, Cameron Brown recruits his former lover to complete the book. This plunges her to into probing two series of murders, the 17th century murders of several who stood between Newton and his studies and present day targets of those who offend the an animal rights group.
4) Isaac Newton
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Giants of science (Viking) volume 2
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English
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Isaac Newton was not only briiliant, 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.
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Pub. Date
[2020]
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40 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 18 x 23 cm.
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English
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"Isaac Newton turned his curiosity into major insights about the forces that make the world work. This accessible graphic biography follows Newton as he proposes three laws that explain the motion of objects"--
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Charlie Thorne volume 4
Pub. Date
2024
Language
English
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Charlie Thorne, along with former agents Dante Garcia and Milana Moon, race to find an immensely powerful discovery of Isaac Newton's and face challenges and enemies along the way.
Charlie Thorne is a genius. Charlie Thorne is fearless. Charlie Thorne may have finally met her match. Charlie Thorne is used to being on the run. Ever since she was recruited by the CIA to track down Einstein's most dangerous equation, Charlie - and former CIA agents...
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Baroque cycle (Neal Stephenson) volume 3
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English
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In the wake of a power struggle between the throne-seeking Tories and Whigs in early eighteenth-century England, Daniel Waterhouse teams up with Isaac Newton to hunt down a shadowy group that uses time bombs to kill Natural Philosophers.
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Pub. Date
2018.
Physical Desc
40 pages : colour illustrations ; 24 cm.
Language
English
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"Have you ever wondered how a Harlem Globetrotters player can spin a basketball on one finger for so long? Or what a basketball is made of? Or how the laws of physics are also the laws of basketball? You're only a few four-point shots away from becoming a Science of Fun Stuff Expert on basketball!" -- Publisher description.
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Pub. Date
2013.
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32 pages : color illustrations ; 25 cm.
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English
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Traces the life of the English physicist whose work on the laws of motion and gravity and invention of calculus had great influence on the understanding of the physical nature of the universe.
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Pub. Date
2021.
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1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 29 cm
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English
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"Part scientific explanation, part biography, this nonfiction picture book explores the life of the fabled apple tree that inspired Newton's theory of Gravity-from a minor seed to a monumental icon that has inspired the world's greatest minds for over three and a half centuries"--
18) Isaac Newton
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Pub. Date
[2014]
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32 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 27 cm.
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English
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"This book traces the life of Isaac Newton, from his early childhood and education through his sources of inspiration and challenges faced, early successes, and the work on gravity and light for which he is best known. A timeline at the end of the book summarizes key milestones and achievements of Newton's life."--
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Pub. Date
2012.
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24 pages : color illustrations ; 21 cm.
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English
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Describes the life and accomplishments of the famous scientist, from his early life and education to his famous studies on gravity, light, and color, and explains how his scientific breakthroughs are still used today.
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