Christianson - Isaac Newton, Theology, philosophy and the history of ideas
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I
SAAC
N
EWTON
Gale E. Christianson
2005
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Christianson, Gale E.
Isaac Newton / Gale E. Christianson.— 1st ed.
p. cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN-13: 978-0-19-530070-3
ISBN-10: 0-19-530070-X
1. Newton, Isaac, Sir, 1642–1727.
2. Physicists—Great Britain—Biography.
I. Title.
QC16.N7C51 2005
530'.092—dc22
2005009600
1 3 5 7 9 8 6 4 2
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on acid-free paper
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C
ONTENTS
PREFACE
xi
One
“T
O
P
LAY
P
HILOSOPHICALLY
” 1
Two
“M
Y
G
REATER
F
RIEND
” 12
Three
O
F
G
ENIUS
, F
IRE
,
AND
P
LAGUE
24
Four
T
HE
R
EVOLUTIONARY
P
ROFESSOR
34
Five
“K
INDLING
C
OAL
” 43
Six
T
HE
A
LCHEMIST
53
vii
Seven
“A B
OOK
N
OBODY
U
NDERSTANDS
” 63
Eight
“Y
OUR
M
OST
U
NFORTUNATE
S
ERVANT
” 77
Nine
M
ARK OF THE
L
ION
88
Ten
T
HE
R
OYAL
S
OCIETY
101
Eleven
W
AR
110
Twelve
“L
IKE A
B
OY ON THE
S
EASHORE
” 122
NOTES
129
FURTHER READING
135
INDEX
141
viii
CONTENTS
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