Isaac Newton

A Portrait Of One Of The World's Greatest Scientific Minds Traces The Evolution Of Isaac Newton's Scientific Thought, From His Early Years At Cambridge University Through His Critical Contributions To The History Of Science. What Imployment Is He Fit For? -- Some Philosophical Questions -- To Resolve Problems By Motion -- Two Great Orbs -- Bodys & Senses -- The Oddest If Not The Most Considerable Detection -- Reluctancy And Reaction -- In The Midst Of A Whirlwind -- All Things Are Corruptible -- Heresy, Blasphemy, Idolatry -- First Principles -- Every Body Perseveres -- Is He Like Other Men? -- No Man Is A Witness In His Own Cause -- The Marble Index Of A Mind. James Gleick. Includes Bibliographical References (p. 193-258) And Index.