Isaac Newton
- ISBN-10
- 0191647497
- ISBN-13
- 9780191647499
- Series
- Isaac Newton
- Category
- Biography & Autobiography
- Pages
- 128
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2007-04-23
- Publisher
- OUP Oxford
- Author
- Richard S. Westfall
Description
Definitive, concise, and very interesting... From William Shakespeare to Winston Churchill, the Very Interesting People series provides authoritative bite-sized biographies of Britain's most fascinating historical figures - people whose influence and importance have stood the test of time. Each book in the series is based upon the biographical entry from the world-famous Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. -
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