Brief Lives 3 - Newton by Peter Ackroyd
Isaac Newton (1642-1727), the English genius, made his greatest contributions to original thought before the age of twenty-five, while at home in Lincolnshire escaping the great plague of 1665, a period of which he wrote: 'I was in the prime of age for invention'. This book demonstrates his perceptions, which changed our world forever.
A terrific piece of work.. this is a wonderfully writerly book, never less than elegant in construction and execution -- Marcus Berkmann * Spectator *
Written in splendidly elastic prose, each sentence a springboard for the next, it provides a concise, fair and highly readable biography of a singular genius -- Nigel Hawkes * The Times *
Beautifully written and engaging -- Allan Chapman * BBC History *
Ackroyd has a fine eye for the intimate, thorny details that breathe life into biographies * Herald *
Written in splendidly elastic prose, each sentence a springboard for the next, it provides a concise, fair and highly readable biography of a singular genius -- Nigel Hawkes * The Times *
Beautifully written and engaging -- Allan Chapman * BBC History *
Ackroyd has a fine eye for the intimate, thorny details that breathe life into biographies * Herald *
Peter Ackroyd is an award-winning historian, biographer, novelist, poet and broadcaster. He is the author of the acclaimed non-fiction bestsellers London: The Biography, Thames: Sacred River and London Under; biographies of figures including Charles Dickens, William Blake, Charlie Chaplin and Alfred Hitchcock; and a multi-volume history of England. He has won the Whitbread Biography Award, the Royal Society of Literature's William Heinemann Award, the James Tait Black Memorial Prize, the Guardian Fiction Prize, the Somerset Maugham Award and the South Bank Prize for Literature. He holds a CBE for services to literature.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780099287384 |
| ISBN 10 | 0099287382 |
| Title | Brief Lives 3 - Newton |
| Author | Peter Ackroyd |
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| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Vintage Publishing |
| Year published | 2007-05-03 |
| Number of pages | 192 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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