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Barnham, Kay,

Isaac Newton / - 32 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 27 cm - Science biographies Raintree perspectives . - Raintree perspectives. Science biographies. .

Includes bibliographical references (page 31) and index.

Introducing Isaac Newton -- Young Isaac -- Isaac the student -- Plague! -- The colours of the rainbow -- Newton's apple -- Newton's telescope -- How planets move -- Newton's laws of motion -- Newton the mathematician -- What Newton did next -- Sir Isaac Newton -- After Newton.

"This book traces the life of Isaac Newton, from his early childhood and education through his sources of inspiration and challenges faced, early successes, and the work on gravity and light for which he is best known. A timeline at the end of the book summarizes key milestones and achievements of Newton's life."--

ISBN: 9781410962355 (hb) 1410962350 (hb) 9781410962423 (pb) 1410962423 (pb)

LCCN: 2013014216

Subjects--Personal Names:
Newton, Isaac, 1642-1727 --Juvenile literature.

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Physicists--Great Britain--Biography--Juvenile literature.

LC Class. No.: QC16.N7 / B37 2014

Dewey Class. No.: 530.092