Project Gutenberg 2016-10-18 Public domain in the USA. 351 Brewster, David 1781 1868 Brewster, David, Sir The Life of Sir Isaac Newton E-text prepared by Sonya Schermann, Charlie Howard, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team (http://www.pgdp.net) from page images generously made available by Internet Archive (https://archive.org) "The Life of Sir Isaac Newton" by David Brewster is a historical account written in the early 19th century. This biography explores the life, achievements, and legacy of one of the most influential scientists in history, Sir Isaac Newton. It details his early education, various scientific explorations, mathematical innovations, and the considerable impact of his discoveries on the fields of physics and astronomy. At the start of the work, Brewster outlines the immense reputation Newton holds in the scientific community, emphasizing the interest surrounding his life and writings. The narrative begins with Newton’s birth in Woolsthorpe, detailing his childhood experiences and early education. As a young boy, he displayed an insatiable curiosity and inventiveness, making several mechanical devices such as a windmill and a waterclock. Brewster establishes Newton's academic path to Cambridge, where he would later develop his groundbreaking theories on light and gravitation, paving the way for his storied scientific career. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 49.8 (College-level). Difficult to read. en Newton, Isaac, Sir, 1642-1727 QC Text Browsing: Biographies Browsing: Science - General Category: Biographies Category: Science - Physics 717678 2025-06-21T09:45:24.913426 text/html 690001 2024-10-23T01:16:24 text/html 992663 2025-06-21T09:45:35.683328 application/epub+zip 998286 2025-06-21T09:45:27.316386 application/epub+zip 331257 2025-06-21T09:45:26.284433 application/epub+zip 1192981 2025-06-21T09:45:42.167291 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 1129422 2025-06-21T09:45:34.597380 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 465362 2022-09-24T07:59:04.474366 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 638960 2025-06-21T09:45:23.915410 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 619014 2024-10-23T01:16:24 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 16039 2025-06-21T09:45:42.334314 application/rdf+xml 20146 2025-06-21T09:45:26.419368 image/jpeg 3226 2025-06-21T09:45:26.352378 image/jpeg 2085932 2025-06-21T09:45:25.023478 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