Isaac the Alchemist: Secrets of Isaac Newton, Reveal'd by Mary Losure

Isaac the Alchemist: Secrets of Isaac Newton, Reveal'd by Mary Losure

A surprising true story of Isaac Newton's boyhood suggests an intellectual development owing as much to magic as science.

Before Isaac Newton became the father of physics, an accomplished mathematician, or a leader of the scientific revolution, he was a boy living in an apothecary's house, observing and experimenting, recording his observations of the world in a tiny notebook. As a young genius living in a time before science as we know it existed, Isaac studied the few books he could get his hands on, built handmade machines, and experimented with alchemy--a process of chemical reactions that seemed, at the time, to be magical. Mary Losure's riveting narrative nonfiction account of Isaac's early life traces his development as a thinker from his childhood, in friendly prose that will capture the attention of today's budding scientists--as if by magic. Back matter includes an afterword, an author's note, source notes, a bibliography, and an index.

Mary Losure is a freelance contributor to National Public Radio and a former correspondent for Minnesota Public Radio. She's now working on a children's nonfiction story.

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ISBN 13	9780763670634
ISBN 10	0763670634
Title	Isaac the Alchemist: Secrets of Isaac Newton, Reveal'd
Author	Mary Losure
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Hardback
Publisher	Candlewick Press,U.S.
Year published	2017-02-01
Number of pages	176
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