by Peter Ackroyd · Vintage Books · tapa blanda · ISBN 9780099287384
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«Newton» is the biography of Isaac Newton written by Peter Ackroyd, published by Vintage Books in paperback (144 pages, in English).
Peter Ackroyd narrates the life of Isaac Newton (1642-1727), from his youth in Lincolnshire during the plague of 1665 to his time as a professor at Cambridge, MP and president of the Royal Society. The volume covers the Principia and his work on calculus, planets and laws of motion, as well as his interest in astrology and alchemy.
Third volume in the «Ackroyd's Brief Lives» series, published in 2007 and complementary to the biographies of Chaucer and Turner.
Aimed at a general audience interested in the history of science and in biographies of scientists.
Peter Ackroyd is an English novelist, biographer and critic with a specialist interest in the history and culture of London. He is noted for his "technically innovative novels", the volume of work he has produced, the range of styles therein, his skill at assuming different voices, and the depth of his research.
