Isaac Newton
by Krull, Kathleen
Series:Giants of Science (Viking)
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AR Book Level
7.3
AR Points
3
Word Count
16,778
Interest Level
Middle Grades (MG 4-8)
Genre
Nonfiction
AR Quiz #
104751 EN
About this book
Kathleen Krull's biography of Isaac Newton follows his grim, lonely childhood and the internal conflicts that shaped his later scientific achievements. The book explores how his secretive, obsessive nature drove an imagination that invented calculus and explained gravity. It presents a complex portrait of a brilliant mind whose relentless curiosity and personal struggles changed our understanding of the natural world.