Biographical Study of Isaac Newton

FAIN: FA-12006-77

Richard S. Westfall
Trustees of Indiana University (Bloomington, IN 47405-7000)

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Associated Products

Never at Rest: A Biography of Isaac Newton (Book)
Title: Never at Rest: A Biography of Isaac Newton
Author: Richard Westfall
Abstract: This richly detailed 1981 biography captures both the personal life and the scientific career of Isaac Newton, presenting a fully rounded picture of Newton the man, the scientist, the philosopher, the theologian, and the public figure. Professor Westfall treats all aspects of Newton's career, but his account centres on a full description of Newton's achievements in science. Thus the core of the work describes the development of the calculus, the experimentation that altered the direction of the science of optics, and especially the investigations in celestial dynamics that led to the law of universal gravitation.
Year: 1981
Primary URL: https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9781107340664
Primary URL Description: Cambridge UP website
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Type: Single author monograph
ISBN: 9781107340664
Copy sent to NEH?: Yes

Prizes

Pfizer Award
Date: 1/1/1983
Organization: History of Science Society
Abstract: The Pfizer Award was established in 1958 through the generosity of Pfizer, Inc., a diversified research-based company. The award consists of a medal and $2,500. This prize is awarded in recognition of an outstanding book dealing with the history of science.

Leo Gershoy Award
Date: 1/1/1983
Organization: American Historical Association
Abstract: The Leo Gershoy Award is a book prize awarded by the American Historical Association for the best publication in English dealing with the history of Europe in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. Endowed in 1975 by the Gershoy family and first awarded two years later, the prize commemorates Leo Gershoy, professor of French history at New York University.

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