Introducing Newton and Classical Physics by William Rankin

Introducing Newton and Classical Physics by William Rankin

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Zusammenfassung

Using cartoon imagery, key themes are elucidated in order to define Newton's concept of Classical Physics which he had formulated by the age of 25. He was also a secret heretic, an alchemist - and what is often forgotten, England's master of the Royal Mint.

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Introducing Newton and Classical Physics by William Rankin

The rainbow, the moon, a spinning top, a comet, the ebb and flood of the oceans ...a falling apple. There is only one universe and it fell to Isaac Newton to discover its secrets. Newton was arguably the greatest scientific genius of all time, and yet he remains a mysterious figure. Written and illustrated by William Rankin, "Introducting Newton and Classical Physics" explains the extraordinary ideas of a man who sifted through the accumulated knowledge of centuries, tossed out mistaken beliefs, and single-handedly made enormous advances in mathematics, mechanics and optics. By the age of 25, entirely self-taught, he had sketched out a system of the world. Einstein's theories are unthinkable without Newton's founding system. He was also a secret heretic, a mystic and an alchemist, the man of whom Edmund Halley said "Nearer to the gods may no man approach!". This is an ideal companion volume to "Introducing Einstein".
William Rankin: William Rankin has worked in London for Oz and the Radio Times; in France for Actuel and Echo des Savanes; and in Sweden for Etc. and Dagens Nyheter. Born in Edinburgh, he now lives in Paris and works for a major newspaper.
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ISBN 13 9781840461589
ISBN 10 1840461586
Titel Introducing Newton and Classical Physics
Autor William Rankin
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Bindungsart Paperback
Verlag Icon Books
Erscheinungsjahr 2000-09-01
Seitenanzahl 176
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