30-Second Newton: The 50 Key Aspects of his Works, Life and Legacy, Each Explained in Half a Minute

by Brian Clegg

Not only a towering figure in his own era, Newton also left an immense scientific legacy, much of which still underpins key theories today. So if the principal thing you remember about him is that an apple fell on his head, it's high time you learned a little more. 30-Second Newton offers a fast-track understanding of the key theories that formed the core of Newton's thinking, and looks at the roles he played over his long life, and at the network of connections he forged with his contemporaries. A team of expert authors assess his breadth and brilliance, offering the reader not only succinct analyses of his work on gravity, light, colour, and calculus, but also a broader picture of the key role he plays in the history of science.

Genres: Nonfiction, Science, Physics

160 pages, Hardcover

Published February 9, 2016

About the author

Brian's latest books, Ten Billion Tomorrows and How Many Moons does the Earth Have are now available to pre-order. He has written a range of other science titles, including the bestselling Inflight Science, The God Effect, Before the Big Bang, A Brief History of Infinity, Build Your Own Time Machine and Dice World.

Along with appearances at the Royal Institution in London he has spoken at venues from Oxford and Cambridge Universities to Cheltenham Festival of Science, has contributed to radio and TV programmes, and is a popular speaker at schools. Brian is also editor of the successful www.popularscience.co.uk book review site and is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts.

Brian has Masters degrees from Cambridge University in Natural Sciences and from Lancaster University in Operational Research, a discipline originally developed during the Second World War to apply the power of mathematics to warfare. It has since been widely applied to problem solving and decision making in business.

Brian has also written regular columns, features and reviews for numerous publications, including Nature, The Guardian, PC Week, Computer Weekly, Personal Computer World, The Observer, Innovative Leader, Professional Manager, BBC History, Good Housekeeping and House Beautiful. His books have been translated into many languages, including German, Spanish, Portuguese, Chinese, Japanese, Polish, Turkish, Norwegian, Thai and even Indonesian.

Reviews

[Yvonne · Rating 5 out of 5]

straight to the point, nice illustrations and very enjoyable (probably because it’s so understandable, which let’s be real newton’s work is not, so love this!!)

[Benjamin Dean · Rating 3 out of 5]

So good to get a snapshot of Newton and all he achieved for science. Love the layout of the book to help my small brain keep up 👍🏼

[Menglong Youk · Rating 4 out of 5]

3.5 stars

I may not agree with the concepts of half-a-minute explanation as I believe ideas should take much more time than that to be appreciated. Nevertheless, I found this book in the university's library, and decided to read it because of its illustrations. :D

[JJ · Rating 5 out of 5]

The content is good, the illustrations are amazing.