{"product_id":"isaac-newton-kathleen-krull-9781094089225","title":"Isaac Newton","description":"\u003cp\u003eKathleen Krull's biographies for young readers have received accolades from publications such as \u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eSchool Library Journal\u003c\/i\u003e, and here she profiles Sir Isaac Newton--the father of calculus and the man who pioneered studies of gravity\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhat was Isaac Newton like? Secretive, vindictive, withdrawn, obsessive, and, oh, yes, brilliant. His imagination was so large that, just \"by thinking on it,\" he invented calculus and figured out the scientific explanation of gravity. Yet Newton was so small-minded that he set out to destroy other scientists who dared question his findings. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis compelling portrait of Newton, contradictions and all, places him against the backdrop of 17th-century England, a time of plague, the Great Fire of London, and two revolutions. Krull details Newton's lonely childhood, his education, and his sometimes tumultuous relationship with contemporaries in this captivating and concise look at one of history's greatest geniuses.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Kathleen Krull\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1094089222\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781094089225\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Blackstone Publishing\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/17\/2020\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e CD\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.25lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 5.60h x 5.70w x 0.60d","brand":"Kathleen Krull","offers":[{"title":"CD","offer_id":43983343354111,"sku":"9781094089225","price":19.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_6889fc50-bf17-42b1-aa16-512ce7390d06.jpg?v=1683266083","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/isaac-newton-kathleen-krull-9781094089225","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}