1855 Isaac NEWTON Science Mathematics Astronomy Optics Brewster Edinburgh 2v

1855 Isaac NEWTON Science Mathematics Astronomy Optics Brewster Edinburgh 2v

“I can calculate the motion of heavenly bodies but not the madness of people.”

― Isaac Newton

David Brewster was a well-known Scottish mathematician and astronomer who made significant contributions to optics and philosophical astronomy. He is most remembered for his biographical account of Isaac Newton and a work, ‘More Worlds than One’ which explored the possibility of multiple universes.

In addition to the early events of Newton’s life, Brewster covers Newton’s mathematical and astronomical experiments in “The Life of Sir Isaac Newton”.  This book details Newton’s first telescope construction, developing better astronomical technology, philosophies, and theories on behavior of light, and a chronology of Newton’s works.

Item number: #27554

Price: $750

BREWSTER, David

The life of Sir Isaac Newton

Edinburgh: Thomas Constable and Co., 1855.

Details:

• Collation: Complete with all pages; 2 volumes
  • 1 – xxii, [2], 478
  • 2 – xi, [1], 564, 4
  • ~30 engravings and in-text figures throughout
• Provenance: Armorial bookplate – John Latham
  • Motto: Sans Changer
• Language: English
• Binding: Hardcover; tight and secure
  • Brown cloth
• Size: ~9.25in X 6.5in (23.5cm x 16.5cm)

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