Isaac Newton
by
Krull, Kathleen.
Title
:
Isaac Newton
Author
:
Krull, Kathleen.
ISBN
:
9780670059218
Publication Information
:
New York : Viking, 2006.
Physical Description
:
126 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.
Contents
:
All alone -- The great escape -- A new world -- The apple -- Newton versus Hooke -- Newton versus Leibniz -- Newton versus Flamsteed -- The greatest science book in the world -- Newton versus Newton -- And what about alchemy? -- The crimson years -- His impact.
Abstract
:
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.
Program Information
:
Reading Counts RC 6-8 7.5 6 Quiz: 38644 Guided reading level: Y.
Accelerated Reader AR MG 7.3 3.0 104751.
Personal Subject
:
Newton, Isaac, Sir, 1642-1727-Juvenile literature.
Subject Term
:
Physicists -- Great Britain -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
Added Author
:
Kulikov, Boris, 1966-
Electronic Access
:
Table of contents
Reading Level JCPL
:
1000LEXILE.
Series
:
Giants of science
Giants of science.
Target Audience Note
:
1000 Lexile.
Format
:
Book
| Material Type | Shelf Number | Barcode | Library | Status |
|---|
| Book | JB NEWT | 32530606084042 | Main JCPL | Children's Library |