Isaac Newton

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Thomas Nelson, 1 Μαρ 2010 - 192 σελίδες

In this Christian Encounter Series biography, author Mitch Stokes explores the life of Isaac Newton, the man behind the atomic theory.

As an inventor, astronomer, physicist, and philosopher, Isaac Newton forever changed the way we see and understand the world. At one point, he was the world’s leading authority in mathematics, optics, and alchemy. And surprisingly he wrote more about faith and religion than on all of these subjects combined. But his single-minded focus on knowledge and discovery was a great detriment to his health. Newton suffered from fits of mania, insomnia, depression, a nervous breakdown, and even mercury poisoning.

Yet from all of his suffering came great gain. Newton saw the scientific world not as a way to refute theology, but as a way to explain it. He believed that all of creation was mandated and set in motion by God and that it was simply waiting to be “discovered” by man. Because of his diligence in both scientific and biblical study, Newton had a tremendous impact on religious thought that is still evident today.

 

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Περιεχόμενα

1 A Posthumous Son
1
2 A Narrow Escape
16
3 At the Feet of Giants
26
4 Certain Philosophical Questions
31
5 The Annus Mirabilus
41
6 Emerging
55
7 Conflict and Regret
68
8 To Celebrate God
81
11 The Principia
115
12 Dont Ask Why
126
13 In Full View
133
14 About the Kings Business
145
15 A Few Last Fights
155
Epilogue
166
Acknowledgments
169
About the Author
171

9 Wisdom of the Ancients
91
10 Philosophy Calls Again
104
Notes
173
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Mitch Stokes is a Fellow of Philosophy at New St. Andrews College in Moscow, Idaho. He received his Ph.D. in philosophy from Notre Dame under the direction of Alvin Plantinga and Peter van Inwagen. At Yale, he earned an M.A. in religion under the direction of Nicholas Wolterstorff. He also holds an M.S. in mechanical engineering and, prior to his philosophy career, worked for an international engineering firm where he earned five patents in aeroderivative gas turbine technology. He and his wife, Christine, have four children.

Πληροφορίες βιβλιογραφίας

ΤίτλοςIsaac Newton
Christian Encounters Series
ΣυγγραφέαςMitch Stokes
ΕκδότηςThomas Nelson, 2010
ISBN1418555290, 9781418555290
Μέγεθος192 σελίδες
  
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