Ideal for the intelligent reader eager to better understand how and why the universe works the way it does, Newton & Gravity is a fascinating refresher course that makes physics not only fun but shockingly easy to understand. Newton's discovery of calculus at age twenty-three Why gravity, one of the greatest human insights of all time, was in fact a hunch and how it actually works Why it took Newton twenty years after his discovery to reveal to the world the secret of gravity and planetary motion Just a few of the big ideas covered here are: Today, we know that gravity keeps our feet on the ground, but how many of us know how Newton's greatest discovery really works? In Newton & Gravity, Paul Strathern encapsulates several of Newton's more mind-expanding discoveries, explaining in lively prose their cultural context as well as Newton's early obsession with science (bordering on dementia) that made his revolutionary vision possible. NEWTON AND GRAVITY presents a brilliant snapshot of Newtons life and work, together with their historical and scientific context, and gives a clear and accessible explanation of the meaning and importance of Newtons discoveries, and they way they have changed and influenced our own lives. A brief look at the father of modern physics illuminates Isaac Newtons 'big ideas' about gravity, planetary motion, and calculus, the personal fascinations that led to them, and their cultural context. In this remarkably engaging book, Paul Strathern not only demystifies Hawkings universe-expanding theories, but helps readers appreciate why such knowledge. His theory of gravity offered his contemporaries their first glimpse of how the universe actually works, and his mathematics enabled later generations to walk on the moon.

A good case can be made for Isaac Newton being the finest mind humanity has yet produced.

Newton and Gravity by Paul Strathern