Newton. Kuznetsov B.G.

In this book, written by the famous historian of science B. G. Kuznetsov, it is told about the life and creative path of the great English thinker, physicist, astronomer and mathematician Isaac Newton (1643-1727). The author sets out in detail Newton's biography, his steps taken on the way to the consistent complication of the natural-scientific picture of the world. The book also considers the fate of Newton's ideas in the XVIII-XX centuries, their influence on philosophical thought, science and culture. The book is designed for a wide range of readers, including physicists, philosophers, historians and methodologists of science.