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Richard S. Westfall
Author · 5 books
Richard S. Westfall was an American academic, biographer and historian of science. He is best known for his biography of Isaac Newton and his work on the scientific revolution of the 17th century.

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Very Interesting People
Series · 19 books
By Eric Ives, Robert Hewison, Luke Herrmann, and more

Books

Force in Newton's physics

The science of dynamics in the seventeenth century

1971

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The Life of Isaac Newton

1993

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Isaac Newton

2007

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The Construction of Modern Science

Mechanisms and Mechanics

1977

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Never at Rest

A Biography of Isaac Newton

1980

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