false <![CDATA[The Newton Letter]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171130801m/88252.jpg 88252 10 A historian, trying to finish a long-overdue book on Isaac Newton, rent a cottage not far by train from Dublin for the summer. All he need, he thinks, is a few weeks of concentrated work. Why, he must unravel, did Newton break down in 1693? What possessed him to write that strange letter to his friend John Locke? But in the long seeping summer days, old sloth and present reality take over. 649568 1982 The Newton Letter total:62|5:1|4:2|3:0|2:1|1:0| 62 227 154 4 0 0 false false Sun Dec 28 20:54:15 -0800 2008 Sun Dec 28 21:04:11 -0800 2008 (She hesitates, then adds: That sentence may have said nothing; or maybe it's s...more...]]> 3 0 false false Thu Dec 18 05:38:00 -0800 2008 Thu Dec 18 05:39:59 -0800 2008 4 0 false false Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 1998 Sat Dec 08 14:24:49 -0800 2007 Sat Dec 08 14:33:15 -0800 2007
There are lovely little allusions to Newton's life in the book - for example, when the main character meets his love interest it is when she comes carrying...more...]]> 4 0 false false Sat Jul 25 04:49:57 -0700 2009 Sat Jul 25 04:57:04 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Thu Dec 03 11:59:07 -0800 2009 Thu Dec 03 11:59:07 -0800 2009 0 0 false false Fri Nov 27 07:34:19 -0800 2009 Fri Nov 27 07:34:19 -0800 2009 0 0 false false Thu Nov 26 08:50:50 -0800 2009 Thu Nov 26 08:50:50 -0800 2009 0 0 false false Sun Nov 15 23:03:10 -0800 2009 Sun Nov 15 23:03:14 -0800 2009 0 0 false false Sun Nov 08 09:54:20 -0800 2009 Sun Nov 08 09:54:20 -0800 2009 5 0 false false Mon Oct 26 08:17:57 -0700 2009 Mon Oct 26 08:17:57 -0700 2009 4 0 false false Mon Oct 19 23:20:23 -0700 2009 Mon Oct 19 23:20:23 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Sat Oct 17 17:25:45 -0700 2009 Sat Oct 17 17:25:45 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Tue Oct 13 07:14:43 -0700 2009 Tue Oct 13 07:14:43 -0700 2009 4 0 false false Sat Oct 10 09:53:54 -0700 2009 Sat Oct 10 09:53:54 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Sat Oct 10 02:15:43 -0700 2009 Sat Oct 10 02:15:43 -0700 2009 2 0 false false Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Thu Oct 08 14:10:24 -0700 2009 Thu Oct 08 14:10:30 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Wed Oct 07 08:08:55 -0700 2009 Wed Oct 07 08:08:55 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Wed Sep 30 06:22:35 -0700 2009 Wed Sep 30 06:22:35 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Mon Sep 21 12:42:29 -0700 2009 Mon Sep 21 12:42:35 -0700 2009 4 0 false false Tue Feb 01 00:00:00 -0800 2000 Fri Sep 18 11:40:13 -0700 2009 Fri Sep 18 11:39:48 -0700 2009 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=88252