Introducing Newton and Classical Physics
William Rankin(Author)
Icon Books (Publisher)
Published on 1. September 2000
Book
Paperback/Softback
176 pages
978-1-84046-158-9 (ISBN)
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Description
The rainbow, the moon, a spinning top, a comet, the ebb and flood of the oceans ...a falling apple. There is only one universe and it fell to Isaac Newton to discover its secrets. Newton was arguably the greatest scientific genius of all time, and yet he remains a mysterious figure. Written and illustrated by William Rankin, "Introducting Newton and Classical Physics" explains the extraordinary ideas of a man who sifted through the accumulated knowledge of centuries, tossed out mistaken beliefs, and single-handedly made enormous advances in mathematics, mechanics and optics. By the age of 25, entirely self-taught, he had sketched out a system of the world. Einstein's theories are unthinkable without Newton's founding system. He was also a secret heretic, a mystic and an alchemist, the man of whom Edmund Halley said "Nearer to the gods may no man approach!". This is an ideal companion volume to "Introducing Einstein".
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Language
English
Place of publication
Duxford
United Kingdom
Target group
College/higher education
Dimensions
Height: 209 mm
Width: 144 mm
Weight
250 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-84046-158-9 (9781840461589)
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