Re: [Phys-l] Recommend a book on Newton?

[John Denker <jsd@av8n.com>]

On 03/08/2012 09:58 AM, Calvin Kalman wrote:

> Richard Westfall's "Never at Rest" is I believe the definitive
> biography of Newton. 

The book is a masterpiece.  It's brilliant.

  http://www.amazon.com/Never-Rest-Biography-Cambridge-Paperback/dp/0521274354

> He also wrote a condensed version: The Life of
> Isaac Newton

I recommend the uncondensed version.  It's easy to read, and there's
not a single page in it that I would want to have skipped.