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Chargement... Newton (original 2006; édition 2007)par Peter Ackroyd (Auteur)
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Inscrivez-vous à LibraryThing pour découvrir si vous aimerez ce livre Actuellement, il n'y a pas de discussions au sujet de ce livre. Short and to the point, this biography covers the main accomplishments while hinting at some of the oddities and secrets surrounding Newton's life. It does not speculate, rather, it points out where others have speculated. Good introduction to Newton's work. ( ) Brief life of Sir Isaac. Sympathetic to him, though if one reads between the lines, he could obviously be very difficult to deal with. I realise it's not meant to be a scholarly work, but there were some quotations which were unattributed and it would have been nice to know who said it, even if it was a name I didn't recognise. A biography of Newton that is one of Ackroyd's short lives series. This biography is not concerned with minute detail; it is as it advertises - short. As such, it is a good selection for someone who would like an overview of the life, without having to go into painstakingly agonizing detail about every year of his life, as some biographers choose to do. Ackroyd hits the highlights. His writing style is good, easy to read, and in spite of being short, it is not incomplete. He does not give a lot of information on Newton's theories themselves; that's OK for a biography, since that information is available in so many places that it isn't needed here. Ackroyd does not simplify his subject; he simply removes needless speculation and uninteresting detail. A nice introduction to a complex subject. aucune critique | ajouter une critique
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This third volume in Peter Ackroyd's series is a companion volume to 'Chaucer' and 'Turner'. It describes the life of Sir Isaac Newton who formulated calculus, hit upon the idea of gravity and did experiments which showed that white light was made up of different coloured rays. Aucune description trouvée dans une bibliothèque |
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