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  • Richard S. Westfall (April 22, – August 21, ) was an American biographer and historian of science.
  • In The Life of Isaac Newton, biographer extraordinaire Westfall lucidly and engagingly captures both the personal life and scientific career of Isaac Newton.
  • Richard Westfall's biography captures in engaging detail both his private life and scientific career, presenting a complex picture of Newton the man, and as.

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    The Life of Isaac Newton

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    The most important thing inom learned from this book is that no apple ever fell on Newton's head. Instead, it fryst vatten written that he was 'occasioned bygd the fall of an apple, as he sat in contemplative mood.' One might säga that if a pie graph mapping human achievement were created, there's a good chance that Newton would be given a pretty big slice. From a historical perspective, he is responsible for more than one paradigm shift in our understanding of the world around us, and if you haven't memorized his three laws of motion, then you fail.

    In contrast to the glory of his later discoveries, Newton's early childhood was marked bygd rejection and hatred. Three months before he was born in , his father died, and his birth was premature. Hannah Ayscough (Newton's mother) claimed that he could passform into a L kopp, and she did not expect him to live very long. Following that, his mother remarried when he was two years of age, and his stepfather refused to incorp
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    Richard S. Westfall

    American biographer and historian of science (–)

    Richard S. Westfall (April 22, &#; August 21, ) was an American biographer and historian of science. He is best known for his biography of Isaac Newton, Never at Rest, and his work on the scientific revolution of the 17th century. He taught as Distinguished Professor at Indiana University, served as a president of the History of Science Society, and won the George Sarton Medal for lifetime achievement in the history of science after winning the Leo Gershoy Award and Pfizer Award for Never at Rest.

    Life

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    Born in Fort Collins, Colorado on April 22, , Westfall graduated from high school in and enrolled at Yale University to study engineering.[1] His time at Yale was interrupted by two years of US Navy service in World War II ,[2] but he returned to complete his B.A. degree, now in history, in [1] He subsequently earned M.A. () and Ph.D. () degrees in history from Yale,

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    Richard Westfall

    Richard S. Westfall (Fort Collins, 22 de abril de — Bloomington (Indiana), 21 de agosto de ) foi um biógrafo e historiador da ciênciaestadunidense.

    É mais conhecido por sua biografia de Isaac Newton e por sua obra sobre a revolução científica do século XVII.

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    Nascido em Fort Collins, Colorado, Westfall concluiu o ensino médio em e matriculou-se na Universidade Yale, interrompendo os estudos durante dois anos em serviço na Segunda Guerra Mundial, retornando à universidade e graduando-se como Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) em Em seguida obteve o mestrado (M.A.) e o doutorado (Ph.D.), ambos também em Yale, com a tese Science and Religion in Seventeenth Century England. Esta obra é a origem de seu interesse ininterrupto pela história da ciência e sua relação com a religião.

    Westfall foi professor de história em diversas universidades durante as décadas de e Instituto de Tecnologia da Califórnia (–), Universidade de Iowa (–) e G