Looking For a Book About..: Isaac Newton

[GeneralTHC]

Anyone know of any HF with Issac Newton? Quicksilver is about all I've came up with.

[Terri, Wyrd bið ful aræd]

I have not seen a single one with Newton in it, but then again, I don't read a lot of books set in the 17th and 18th centuries so I won't have been exposed to any. :)

[Margaret, Sherlockian Sheila]

They should. I've just been reading about him in Tower: An Epic History of the Tower of London His feud with William Chaloner was fascinating.

[Terri, Wyrd bið ful aræd]

Oh, what a coincidence that you happened to be reading one with Newton in it at the same time as Chuck needs a rec.

[Darcy]

Didn't he also have ideas appropriated by...drafts can't remember his name but the first president of the Royal Society?
He's certainly fascinating. He was such a recluse though, that it might be difficult to write a story with him as an active character without making him breakout from his self-imposed isolation.

[Terri, Wyrd bið ful aræd]

I would have imagined he'd be very boring in a historical fiction. :) A stuffy type.

[Margaret, Sherlockian Sheila]

Terri wrote: "Oh, what a coincidence that you happened to be reading one with Newton in it at the same time as Chuck needs a rec."

It's actually non fiction about the Tower of London. Newton is in it because he was Master of the Royal Mint for a time. He came up with the idea of milled edges on coins to prevent people shaving silver and gold from the edges of the coins.

[Margaret, Sherlockian Sheila]

Terri wrote: "I would have imagined he'd be very boring in a historical fiction. :) A stuffy type."

So did I, until I read about the war he waged against coiners and counterfeiters. He ran a spy-ring to bring them down. He was intelligent, crafty and unscrupulous.

[Terri, Wyrd bið ful aræd]

I found this one..

Dark Matter: The Private Life of Sir Isaac Newton

[GeneralTHC]

Margaret wrote: "Terri wrote: "Oh, what a coincidence that you happened to be reading one with Newton in it at the same time as Chuck needs a rec."

It's actually non fiction about the Tower of London."

I appreciate it all the same. I've added it to my TBR. I've been trying to up my non-fiction to fiction ratio this year as well.

I find Newton incredibly interesting. He was probably one of the smartest people that ever lived, but yet he believed in alchemy. Maybe I should be looking for fantasy books, lol.

[GeneralTHC]

Terri wrote: "I found this one..

Dark Matter: The Private Life of Sir Isaac Newton"

Fantastic! Thank you.

[Margaret, Sherlockian Sheila]

Thanks Terri. I've made a note of that for myself. :)

[Terri, Wyrd bið ful aræd]

Happy to have helped....both of you!

[Kuido]

If you do go for fantasy, then there is steampunk by Greg Keyes called "Newton's Cannon" which features him as a hero I believe. :)

[Darcy]

Here is the link to the book mentioned Newton's Cannon

[Hudson]

Wow, what a timely post for me to see as I just read about Newton last night in Cosmos There are only a few pages on Newton, basically Carl Sagan pays homage to several notable scientists and ancient astronomers.
But the few pages were enough to peak my interest, I will check out Dark Matters and Tower. Thanks!

[Terri, Wyrd bið ful aræd]

A friendly word from your mod..:-)
Sorry to be a stick in the mud...No more fantasy recs please. Try to stick with straight historical fiction.

Thanks peoples. :-)

[Terri, Wyrd bið ful aræd]

Hudson wrote: "Wow, what a timely post for me to see as I just read about Newton last night in Cosmos There are only a few pages on Newton, basically Carl Sagan pays homage to several ..."

Let us know what you make of Dark Matter: The Private Life of Sir Isaac Newton. Even I like the look of it. Sort of looks like a Dr Watson/Sherlock Holmes type dynamic.