Project Gutenberg 2016-10-18 Public domain in the USA. 125 Brewster, David 1781 1868 Brewster, David, Sir The Life of Sir Isaac Newton E-text prepared by Sonya Schermann, Charlie Howard, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team (http://www.pgdp.net) from page images generously made available by Internet Archive (https://archive.org) "The Life of Sir Isaac Newton" by David Brewster is a historical account written in the early 19th century. This biography explores the life, achievements, and legacy of one of the most influential scientists in history, Sir Isaac Newton. It details his early education, various scientific explorations, mathematical innovations, and the considerable impact of his discoveries on the fields of physics and astronomy. At the start of the work, Brewster outlines the immense reputation Newton holds in the scientific community, emphasizing the interest surrounding his life and writings. The narrative begins with Newton’s birth in Woolsthorpe, detailing his childhood experiences and early education. As a young boy, he displayed an insatiable curiosity and inventiveness, making several mechanical devices such as a windmill and a waterclock. Brewster establishes Newton's academic path to Cambridge, where he would later develop his groundbreaking theories on light and gravitation, paving the way for his storied scientific career. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Newton, Isaac, Sir, 1642-1727 QC Text Browsing: Biographies Browsing: Science - General 717787 717609 2024-09-22T07:45:29.577422 2023-09-23T06:17:53.599978 text/html text/html 710850 2016-10-18T14:01:25 text/html 1652354 2016-10-18T14:04:07 text/html application/zip 993019 2024-09-22T07:45:39.888346 application/epub+zip 998563 2024-09-22T07:45:31.646373 application/epub+zip 331531 2024-09-22T07:45:30.657423 application/epub+zip 1195513 2024-09-22T07:45:46.252319 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 1129931 2024-09-22T07:45:38.860350 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 465362 2022-09-24T07:59:04.474366 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 639176 638983 2024-09-22T07:45:28.297411 2023-09-23T06:17:52.027991 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 639125 2020-06-13T23:23:02 text/plain; charset=utf-8 227982 2020-06-13T23:23:02 text/plain; charset=utf-8 application/zip 18090 2024-09-22T07:45:46.402302 application/rdf+xml 20146 2024-09-22T07:45:30.784390 image/jpeg 3226 2024-09-22T07:45:30.720388 image/jpeg 2085970 2024-09-22T07:45:29.687440 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia