Sir Isaac Newton, creator of the first and perhaps most important scientific theory, is a giant of the scientific era. Despite this, he has remained inaccessible to most modern readers, indisputably great but undeniably remote.
In this witty, engaging, and often moving examination of Newton's life, David Berlinski recovers the man behind the mathematical breakthroughs. The story carries the reader from Newton's unremarkable childhood to his awkward undergraduate days at Cambridge through the astonishing year in which, working alone, he laid the foundation for his system of the world, his Principia Mathematica, and to the subsequent monumental feuds that poisoned his soul and wearied his supporters.
An edifying appreciation of Newton's greatest accomplishment, Newton's Gift is also a touching celebration of a transcendent man.
Inhaltsverzeichnis
Contents
Introduction
A Note to the Reader
In the Year that Galileo Died
An Escape from the Plow
The Infinite
The Special Instrument
Newton in His Prime
The Field of Rancor
A Good Question
A Study in Starkness
A Loan from the Future
The Orb of the Moon
The System of the World
The Captive of His Camouflage
Master of the Mint
The Defile
The Quest
Appendix: Descent into Detail
Newton Chronology
Index
