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| Genre/Form: | Biography |
|---|---|
| Named Person: | Isaac Newton |
| Material Type: | Biography |
| Document Type: | Book |
| All Authors / Contributors: |
William Rankin |
| ISBN: | 1863734953 9781863734950 1874166072 9781874166078 |
| OCLC Number: | 47847111 |
| Description: | 176 p. : ill. ; 21 cm. |
| Responsibility: | [William Rankin]. |
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NEWTON FOR BEGINNERS
Newton for beginners (1993) by William Rankin, Cambridge, UK: Icon Books Ltd.
Reviewer: W. P. Palmer
I am writing this brief review to ensure that STANT members know of this brilliant series of books illustrated by cartoons. A lighter form of reading matter is rare amongst...
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Newton for beginners (1993) by William Rankin, Cambridge, UK: Icon Books Ltd.
Reviewer: W. P. Palmer
I am writing this brief review to ensure that STANT members know of this brilliant series of books illustrated by cartoons. A lighter form of reading matter is rare amongst books that relate to the history of science. In the series are cartoon books on Freud, Einstein, Darwin, Jung, the Universe, Ecology, Feminism and Fascism. One could probably justify a place in the school library for each of these titles.
One feature that I like very much about this little book on Newton is that Rankin sets Newton's thought and ideas in the context of the knowledge of his time and of earlier centuries. Some may dislike the humour and bad puns that abound in this work, but I suspect that those starting the study of Newton's life and work will appreciate this attempt to facilitate reading.
Alexander Pope's immortal words start the section dealing with Newton's history:-
Nature and Nature's laws,
lay hid in night:
God said, "Let Newton be!"
and all was light.
Newton's story is told accurately and entertainingly. A very definite recommendation.
BILL PALMER
Book review "Newton for beginners" (1993) by William Rankin, originally for The Journal of the Science Teacher Association of the Northern Territory (1997), Volume 16, pp. 160-161.
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