Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- List of Figures
- General Editor's Preface
- Foreword
- Acknowledgement
- 1 The Hopeful Youth, 1642–1664
- 2 “The prime of my age for invention”, 1664–1667
- 3 Widening Horizons, 1667–1669
- 4 The Professor of Mathematics, 1669–1673
- 5 Publication and Polemic, 1672–1678
- 6 Life in Cambridge, 1675–1685
- 7 The Chemical Philosopher, 1669–1695
- 8 The Mathematical Principles of Natural Philosophy, 1679–1687
- 9 Private and Public life, 1685–1696
- 10 Fluxions and Fury, 1677–1712
- 11 Opticks, or a Treatise of Light, 1687–1704
- 12 Life in London, 1696–1718
- 13 A Man of Authority and Learning, 1692–1727
- 14 Later Books, 1706–1726
- 15 Kensington, 1725–1727
- Appendices
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index
Index
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Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- List of Figures
- General Editor's Preface
- Foreword
- Acknowledgement
- 1 The Hopeful Youth, 1642–1664
- 2 “The prime of my age for invention”, 1664–1667
- 3 Widening Horizons, 1667–1669
- 4 The Professor of Mathematics, 1669–1673
- 5 Publication and Polemic, 1672–1678
- 6 Life in Cambridge, 1675–1685
- 7 The Chemical Philosopher, 1669–1695
- 8 The Mathematical Principles of Natural Philosophy, 1679–1687
- 9 Private and Public life, 1685–1696
- 10 Fluxions and Fury, 1677–1712
- 11 Opticks, or a Treatise of Light, 1687–1704
- 12 Life in London, 1696–1718
- 13 A Man of Authority and Learning, 1692–1727
- 14 Later Books, 1706–1726
- 15 Kensington, 1725–1727
- Appendices
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index
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- Isaac NewtonAdventurer in Thought, pp. 459 - 468Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 1996