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Cargando... Newton (2006)por Peter Ackroyd
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Inscríbete en LibraryThing para averiguar si este libro te gustará. Actualmente no hay Conversaciones sobre este libro. Short and to the point, this biography covers the main accomplishments while hinting at some of the oddities and secrets surrounding Newton's life. It does not speculate, rather, it points out where others have speculated. Good introduction to Newton's work. ( ) Brief life of Sir Isaac. Sympathetic to him, though if one reads between the lines, he could obviously be very difficult to deal with. I realise it's not meant to be a scholarly work, but there were some quotations which were unattributed and it would have been nice to know who said it, even if it was a name I didn't recognise. A biography of Newton that is one of Ackroyd's short lives series. This biography is not concerned with minute detail; it is as it advertises - short. As such, it is a good selection for someone who would like an overview of the life, without having to go into painstakingly agonizing detail about every year of his life, as some biographers choose to do. Ackroyd hits the highlights. His writing style is good, easy to read, and in spite of being short, it is not incomplete. He does not give a lot of information on Newton's theories themselves; that's OK for a biography, since that information is available in so many places that it isn't needed here. Ackroyd does not simplify his subject; he simply removes needless speculation and uninteresting detail. A nice introduction to a complex subject. sin reseñas | añadir una reseña
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Las ane?cdotas que dieron origen a la leyenda de Isaac Newton son innumerables: algunas son apo?crifas, otras son en realidad hagiogra?ficas y unas ma?s son simplemente fabulosas; todas ellas provienen de sus contempora?neos, quienes lo ensalzaron, y de los siglos XVIII y XIX, cuando se le considero? incluso como un "mago" que supo descifrar el enigma del universo. Peter Ackroyd, sin embargo, nos muestra en estas pa?ginas a un hombre ma?s bien solitario y reservado, celoso de sus conocimientos, incluso vulnerable y suspicaz, pero con una fe inquebrantable en su talento, poseedor de un genio ante el cual los dema?s jama?s pudieron permanecer indiferentes. De esta manera, se aprecia mejor el brillo u?nico de la energi?a intelectual de Newton, el hombre que cambio? para siempre la percepcio?n que se teni?a de la naturaleza y que hoy continu?a dando forma a nuestra comprensio?n del mundo (From editor). No se han encontrado descripciones de biblioteca. |
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