Giants of Science Isaac Newton, (Paperback)

from Honanb

Krull gives a detailed and humane look at the life of one of the most intelligent people ever known, in a humorous and interesting way that makes it a perfect book for kids. From sticking needles in his eye and drinking turpentine, to improving the telescope and discovering calculus, Newton's wei...

from elainevbernal

Isaac Newton's biography from Krull's, "Giants of Science" series offers a raw account of Newton's life and accomplishments. From being labeled as "inattentive," "idle," and "sober, silent, thinking child," who was left behind by his mother to marry a Church of England clergyman, and growing up t...

from wackermt

I really enjoyed reading Giants of Science. I picked it out randomly from the bookstore, and found it to be an extremely engaging, informative, student friendly account of Isaac Newton. What I knew about Isaac Newton before the book: He wrote the laws of motion and universal gravitation before he...

from avcr

Krull snaps your attention like a juicy novel, "Secretive, withdrawn, obsessive. Ruthless, bitter, perhaps in need of therapy . . . All these things apply to Isaac Newton. Oh, and he was one of the greatest scientific minds of all time. (Albert Einstein, who should know, said Newton was the great...

from dominirose

Mind boggling. Perfect mix of the cerebral - abstract and inspirational with the absurd - gross and gossipy.