Project Gutenberg 2006-08-19 Public domain in the USA. 397 Hubbard, Elbert 1856 1915 Ali Baba Elbertus, Fra Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great - Volume 12 Little Journeys to the Homes of Great Scientists Sir Isaac Newton -- Galileo -- Copernicus -- Humboldt -- William Herschel -- Charles Darwin -- Haeckel -- Linnaeus -- Thomas H. Huxley -- John Tyndall -- Alfred R. Wallace -- John Fiske. Produced by Juliet Sutherland, Janet Blenkinship and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net "Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great - Volume 12" by Elbert Hubbard is a collection of biographical essays written in the early 20th century. This volume specifically explores the lives of significant scientists, beginning with Sir Isaac Newton. Hubbard offers insights into the personal and professional challenges these luminaries faced, celebrating their contributions to science while providing a narrative that reveals their humanity. The opening of the volume introduces us to Sir Isaac Newton, describing his humble beginnings as the son of a farmer and detailing the challenges faced by his mother after his father's death. As Newton grows up, the text covers his early education, significant relationships, and precocious intellect that eventually leads him to Trinity College. Notably, it highlights pivotal moments, such as his triumph over a school bully and his burgeoning passion for mathematics, setting the stage for his later groundbreaking discoveries. Overall, the opening portion illustrates Newton's early life and the formative experiences that shaped him into one of history's greatest scientists. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 66.5 (8th & 9th grade). Neither easy nor difficult to read. en Scientists -- Biography Q Text Browsing: Biographies Browsing: Science - General Category: Biographies Category: Essays, Letters & Speeches Category: Science - Physics 571703 2025-06-08T08:07:22.662666 text/html 578141 2006-08-19T08:05:24 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 430409 2006-08-19T08:05:26 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 536251 2025-06-08T08:07:34.474633 application/epub+zip 544875 2025-06-08T08:07:26.951706 application/epub+zip 299636 2025-06-08T08:07:25.278677 application/epub+zip 814627 2025-06-08T08:07:39.998581 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 763617 2025-06-08T08:07:33.193664 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 519153 2022-09-09T07:32:40.355582 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 524566 2025-06-08T08:07:21.288716 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 524444 2006-08-19T08:05:22 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 204140 2006-08-19T08:05:26 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 524550 2006-08-19T08:05:22 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 204125 2006-08-19T08:05:26 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 20508 2025-06-08T08:07:40.167594 application/rdf+xml 18369 2025-06-08T08:07:25.893642 image/jpeg 4053 2025-06-08T08:07:25.583670 image/jpeg 535758 2025-06-08T08:07:22.780688 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia