Sir Isaac Newton: Brilliant Mathematician and Scientist

Natalie M. Rosinsky

Capstone, 2007 - Juvenile Nonfiction - 112 pages

Isaac Newton was a scientific genius whose discoveries changed the way people thought about the world. He solved complex mathematical problems and invented the branch of mathematics called calculus. He investigated light and through experiments proved its relationship to color. And he established universal principles about how gravity, force, and motion work and are related. These principles became known as Newton's laws. Underneath Newton's public image as a genius was a man with real problems and failings, a complicated, sometimes unpleasant person whose interests and desires did not always match his legend.

Contents

• FAMOUS BUT STILL UNKNOWN: 9
• NO ROOM FOR ISAAC: 19
• A SOBER SILENT THINKING LAD: 27
• FIT FOR NOTHING: 35
• TRUTH IS MY BEST FRIEND: 43
• STORIES AND ACHIEVEMENTS: 51
• THE YOUNG PROFESSOR: 59
• SECRETS AND SORROWS: 69
• SUCCESS AND FAILURE: 79
• COINING A LEGEND: 87
• LIFE AND TIMES: 96
• LIFE AT A GLANCE: 102
• SELECT BIBLIOGRAPHY: 108

About the author

PWB Biography: Natalie M. Rosinsky is the award-winning author of more than 90 publications. She writes about history, social studies, economics, popular culture, and science. Natalie earned graduate degrees from the University of Wisconsin-Madison and has been a high school teacher and college professor as well as a corporate trainer. She lives and writes in Mankato, Minnesota. CPB Biography: Natalie M. Rosinsky is the award-winning author of more than 90 publications, including 10 books about Native American tribes. She writes about science, history, economics, social studies, and popular culture. One of her two cats usually sits near her computer as she works in Mankato, Minnesota. Natalie earned graduate degrees from the University of Wisconsin and has been a high school teacher and college professor as well as a corporate trainer.

Bibliographic information

• Title: Sir Isaac Newton: Brilliant Mathematician and Scientist; Signature Lives: Scientific Revolution Series; Signature lives
• Author: Natalie M. Rosinsky
• Edition: illustrated
• Publisher: Capstone, 2007
• ISBN: 0756522099, 9780756522094
• Length: 112 pages
• Subjects: Juvenile Nonfiction / Biography & Autobiography / General; Juvenile Nonfiction / Biography & Autobiography / Science & Technology; Juvenile Nonfiction / Mathematics / General; Juvenile Nonfiction / Science & Nature / General; Juvenile Nonfiction / Science & Nature / Physics