Directory of Newton, Isaac Resources

Home > Kids and Teens > School Time > Science > Physics > Physicists > Newton, Isaac

This category lists pages and sites about the life of English mathematicians and scientist Isaac Newton (1642-1727) who invented the reflecting telescope, developed the law of gravity, and created the branch of mathematics known as calculus.

Resources in This Category

• BBC Online: Sir Isaac Newton

  http://www.bbc.co.uk/timelines/zwwgcdm
  Detailed biography includes a look at Newton's early years and his developing interest in science.

• Isaac Newton (1642 - 1727)

  http://www.maths.tcd.ie/pub/HistMath/People/Newton/RouseBall/RB_Newton.html
  Detailed biography reproduced from a 1908 history of mathematics.

• Newton's Dark Secrets

  http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/physics/newton-dark-secrets.html
  Articles on aspects of Newton life and legacy, including his main discoveries, his studies in alchemy and the writing of the Principia.

• Sir Isaac Newton

  http://www-gap.dcs.st-and.ac.uk/~history/Mathematicians/Newton.html
  A short biography of Sir Isaac Newton along with links to other related subjects.

• Sir Isaac Newton: English Scientist and Mathematician

  http://www.lucidcafe.com/library/95dec/newton.html
  Short biography and portrait along with related links.

• Sir Isaac Newton: The Universal Law of Gravitation

  http://csep10.phys.utk.edu/astr161/lect/history/newtongrav.html
  Provides a simple introduction to the law for which Newton is best known.

• Starchild: Sir Isaac Newton

  http://starchild.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/StarChild/whos_who_level2/newton.html
  Short profile, trivia and sketch.

• Windows to the Universe: Isaac Newton

  http://www.windows2universe.org/people/enlightenment/newton.html
  Three short biographies for beginning, intermediate and advanced readers.

Related Categories

• Home > Kids and Teens > School Time > Science > Scientists

Other Languages

• Español

 

Home > Kids and Teens > School Time > Science > Physics > Physicists > Newton, Isaac

 

---

 

Thanks to DMOZ, which built a great web directory for nearly two decades and freely shared it with the web. About us