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Never at Rest
AuthorRichard S. Westfall
SubjectIsaac Newton
PublisherCambridge University Press
Publication date
May 2017
Pages908
Awards
ISBN978-0-521-27435-7
OCLC5677169
509.24
LC ClassQC16.N7
All identifiers refer to the paperback edition unless otherwise noted

Never at Rest: A Biography of Isaac Newton is a biography of Isaac Newton by Richard S. Westfall that was initially published by Cambridge University Press in 1980. The book won the 25th Pfizer Award from the History of Science Society in 1983[2] as well as the 1982 Leo Gershoy Award for the best work on any aspect of seventeenth and eighteenth century European history.[1] Twenty years after its publication, Publishers Weekly noted that the book the "definitive" biography of Newton.[3] Andrew Odlyzko noted in 2020 that the book remains an "authoritative" biography.[4]

Background

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Content

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  • Preface
  1. The discovery of a new world
  2. A sober, silent, thinking lad
  3. The solitary scholar
  4. Resolving problems by motion
  5. Anni mirabiles
  6. Lucasian professor
  7. Publication and crisis
  8. Rebellion
  9. Years of silence
  10. Principia
  11. Revolution
  12. The Mint
  13. President of the Royal Society
  14. The priority dispute
  15. Years of decline
  • Bibliographical essay

Reception

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Reviews

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The book was reviewed by Simon Schaffer,[5] Tom Whiteside,[6] Timothy Ferris,[7] Michael Sean Mahoney,[8] and I. Bernard Cohen.[9] The book was also reviewed in French in 1982.[10]

Awards

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The Life of Isaac Newton

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The Life of Isaac Newton is a condensed version of Richard S. Westfall's biography of Newton. The book was reviewed by Marie Boas Hall,[11] and Betty Jo Teeter Dobbs.[12] The book was also reviewed by Christoph Scriba in German[13] and it received a French review in 1995.[14]

Publication history

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  • Westfall, Richard S. (April 1983). Never at Rest: A Biography of Isaac Newton (paperback ed.). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-0-521-27435-7. OCLC 5677169.

See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b c "CSS volume 24 issue 3 Cover and Back matter". Comparative Studies in Society and History. 24 (3): b1–b10. July 1982. doi:10.1017/S0010417500010021. ISSN 1475-2999.
  2. ^ a b c Gregory, Frederick; Hatch, Robert A. (June 1984). "Annual Meeting of the History of Science Society, 27-30 October 1983". Isis. 75 (2): 353–360. ISSN 0021-1753.
  3. ^ "Nonfiction Book Review: NEWTON: The Making of Genius by Patricia Fara, Author . Columbia Univ. $29.95 (347p) ISBN 978-0-231-12806-3". Publishers Weekly. November 2002. Retrieved 15 December 2020.
  4. ^ Odlyzko, Andrew (1 July 2020). "Isaac Newton and the perils of the financial South Sea". Physics Today. 73 (7): 30–36. doi:10.1063/PT.3.4521. ISSN 0031-9228.
  5. ^ Schaffer, Simon (October 1981). "Richard S. Westfall, Never at rest. A biography of Isaac Newton, Cambridge University Press, 1980, 8vo, pp. xviii, 908, illus., £25.00". Medical History. 25 (4): 432–434. doi:10.1017/S0025727300034955. ISSN 0025-7273.
  6. ^ Whiteside, D. T. (March 1982). "Newtonian Motion". Isis. 73 (1): 100–107. ISSN 0021-1753.
  7. ^ Ferris, Timothy (26 September 1982). "NONFICTION IN BRIEF (Published 1982)". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 15 December 2020.
  8. ^ Mahoney, Michael S. (October 1982). "Review of Never at Rest: A Biography of Isaac Newton". Technology and Culture. 23 (4): 655–656. doi:10.2307/3104823. ISSN 0040-165X.
  9. ^ Cohen, I. Bernard (December 1982). "Review of Never at Rest: A Biography of Isaac Newton". The American Historical Review. 87 (5): 1353–1353. doi:10.2307/1856919. ISSN 0002-8762.
  10. ^ Shea, William R. (October 1982). "Review of Never at Rest. A biography of Isaac Newton". Revue d'histoire des sciences (in French). 35 (4): 358–359. ISSN 0151-4105.
  11. ^ Hall, Marie Boas (January 1993). "The life of Isaac Newton". Endeavour. 17 (4): 205. doi:10.1016/0160-9327(93)90089-L.
  12. ^ Dobbs, B. J. T. (September 1994). "Review of Isaac Newton: Adventurer in Thought, ; The Life of Isaac Newton". Isis. 85 (3): 515–517. ISSN 0021-1753.
  13. ^ Scriba, C. J. (January 1994). "Westfall: The Life of Isaac Newton". Physik Journal. 50 (1): 79–82. doi:10.1002/phbl.19940500121.
  14. ^ De Gandt, François (Summer 1995). "Review of The Life of Isaac Newton". Revue d'histoire des sciences (in French). 48 (3): 394–395. ISSN 0151-4105.

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