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Newton's Rainbow

2017-04-18 Juvenile Nonfiction
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Release : 2017-04-18
Genre : Juvenile Nonfiction
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Book Synopsis Newton's Rainbow by : Kathryn Lasky

Download or read book Newton's Rainbow written by Kathryn Lasky. This book was released on 2017-04-18. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Famed for his supposed encounter with a falling apple that inspired his theory of gravity, Isaac Newton (1642–1727) grew from a quiet and curious boy into one of the most influential scientists of all time. Newton's Rainbow tells the story of young Isaac—always reading, questioning, observing, and inventing—and how he eventually made his way to Cambridge University, where he studied the work of earlier scientists and began building on their accomplishments. This colorful picture book biography celebrates Newton's discoveries that illuminated the mysteries of gravity, motion, and even rainbows, discoveries that gave mankind a new understanding of the natural world, discoveries that changed science forever.

Out of the Shadow of a Giant

2017-10-24 Science
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Release : 2017-10-24
Genre : Science
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Book Rating : 547/5 ( reviews)

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Book Synopsis Out of the Shadow of a Giant by : John Gribbin

Download or read book Out of the Shadow of a Giant written by John Gribbin. This book was released on 2017-10-24. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The authors of Ice Age “present a well-documented argument that [Newton] owed more to the ideas of others than he admitted” (Kirkus Reviews). Robert Hooke and Edmond Halley, whose place in history has been overshadowed by the giant figure of Newton, were pioneering scientists within their own right, and instrumental in establishing the Royal Society. Although Newton is widely regarded as one of the greatest scientists of all time and the father of the English scientific revolution, John and Mary Gribbin uncover the fascinating story of Robert Hooke and Edmond Halley, whose scientific achievements neatly embrace the hundred years or so during which science as we know it became established. They argue persuasively that, even without Newton, science would have made a great leap forward in the second half of the seventeenth century, headed by two extraordinary figures, Hooke and Halley. “Science readers will thank the Gribbins for restoring Hooke and Halley to the prominence that they deserve.”—Publishers Weekly “Engaging . . . They offer proof that Hooke was an important scientist in his own right, and often had physical insights that were borrowed (usually without acknowledgement) by Newton.”—Choice

Shadow Of The Panther

1994-06-20 Biography & Autobiography
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Release : 1994-06-20
Genre : Biography & Autobiography
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Book Synopsis Shadow Of The Panther by : Hugh Pearson

Download or read book Shadow Of The Panther written by Hugh Pearson. This book was released on 1994-06-20. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The first complete and balanced history of the Black Panther Party.

The Science of Color

1963 Color
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Release : 1963
Genre : Color
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Book Synopsis The Science of Color by : Optical Society of America. Committee on Colorimetry

Download or read book The Science of Color written by Optical Society of America. Committee on Colorimetry. This book was released on 1963. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Isaac Newton

2007-12-18 Biography & Autobiography
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Release : 2007-12-18
Genre : Biography & Autobiography
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Book Synopsis Isaac Newton by : James Gleick

Download or read book Isaac Newton written by James Gleick. This book was released on 2007-12-18. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Isaac Newton was born in a stone farmhouse in 1642, fatherless and unwanted by his mother. When he died in London in 1727 he was so renowned he was given a state funeral—an unheard-of honor for a subject whose achievements were in the realm of the intellect. During the years he was an irascible presence at Trinity College, Cambridge, Newton imagined properties of nature and gave them names—mass, gravity, velocity—things our science now takes for granted. Inspired by Aristotle, spurred on by Galileo’s discoveries and the philosophy of Descartes, Newton grasped the intangible and dared to take its measure, a leap of the mind unparalleled in his generation. James Gleick, the author of Chaos and Genius, and one of the most acclaimed science writers of his generation, brings the reader into Newton’s reclusive life and provides startlingly clear explanations of the concepts that changed forever our perception of bodies, rest, and motion—ideas so basic to the twenty-first century, it can truly be said: We are all Newtonians.

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