by James Gleick

A remarkable biography of Isaac Newton.

Born the neglected son of an illiterate farm worker, it seemed that Newton’s destiny was hard physical labour in a world of ignorance. But by the end of his strange life, the light of his intellect had started to transform the world.

Writing for himself alone, Newton shunned company and friendships, neglected his health, quarrelled bitterly with the great men of his age and once stood at the brink of madness. Yet his discoveries – the fundamental mechanics of the universe – are the foundation of the modern world, our lives, language and thinking.

• Paperback
• 256 pages
• ISBN: 9780007163182