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Author Graham, Ian, 1953-

Title You wouldn't want to be Sir Isaac Newton! : a lonely life you'd rather not lead / written by Ian Graham ; illustrated by David Antram ; created and designed by David Salariya.

Publication Info. New York : Franklin Watts, an imprint of Scholastic, Inc., 2013.

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Location Call No. OPAC Message Status
 Westside Non-Fiction Sets  SNF B NEW    ---  Available
Description 32 pages : color illustrations ; 25 cm.
text txt rdacontent
unmediated n rdamedia
volume nc rdacarrier
Series You wouldn't want to--
You wouldn't want to--
Audience 8+
Note Includes index.
Summary Traces the life of the English physicist whose work on the laws of motion and gravity and invention of calculus had great influence on the understanding of the physical nature of the universe.
Contents Introduction -- Childhood -- School days -- The plague years -- Newton the alchemist -- Newton's books -- Making a mint -- Arise, Sir Isaac -- Picking fights -- Heresy -- Under pressure -- Old age -- Newton's legacy.
Study Program ACCELERATED READER RL 6.0 P 0.5 WEST
Subject Newton, Isaac, 1642-1727 -- Juvenile literature.
Physics -- History -- Juvenile literature.
Physicists -- Great Britain -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
Added Author Antram, David, 1958- illustrator.
Salariya, David.
ISBN 9780531259436 (library binding : alk. paper)
0531259439 (library binding : alk. paper)
9780531230404 (pbk. : alk. paper)
0531230406 (pbk. : alk. paper)
9781451784459 (Pawprints)
1451784457 (Pawprints)

 
    
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