Galileo's pendulum : from the rhythm of time to the making of matter / Roger G. Newton. by Newton, Roger G.

Table of Contents: “…Biological timekeeping : the body's rhythms -- Calendar : different drummers -- Early clocks : home-made beats -- The pendulum clock : the beat of nature -- Successors : ubiquitous timekeeping -- Isaac Newton : the physics of the pendulum -- Sound and light : oscillations everywhere -- Quantum : oscillators make particles.…”
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Les Fondateurs de l'astronomie moderne : Copernic, Tycho Brahé, Képler, Galilée, Newton. by Bertrand, Joseph

Table of Contents: “…Intro -- Page de titre -- Préface -- Copernic et ses travaux -- Tycho Brahé et ses travaux -- Kepler et ses travaux -- Galilée et ses travaux -- I -- II -- III -- Isaac Newton et ses travaux -- Postface -- Page de Copyright.…”
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The illustrated a brief history of time / Stephen Hawking. by Hawking, Stephen, 1942-2018

Table of Contents: “…Our picture of the universe -- Space and time -- The expanding universe -- The uncertainty principle -- Elementary particles and the forces of nature -- Black holes -- Black holes ain't so black -- The origin and fate of the universe -- The arrow of time -- Wormholes and time travel -- The unification of physics -- Conclusion : Albert Einstein ; Galileo Galilei ; Isaac Newton.…”

Newton's dream / edited by Marcia Sweet Stayer ; consulting editor, Boris Castel.

Table of Contents: “…Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Preface -- Newton and the Scientific Revolution -- Science, Rationality, and Newton -- Newton and Adam Smith -- Isaac Newton, Explorer of the Real World -- From White Dwarfs to Black Holes: The History of a Revolutionary Idea -- The Newtonian Contribution to Our Understanding of the Computer -- Newton's Dream -- Symmetry in Art and Nature -- Contributors -- Organizing Committee…”
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Boris Hessen: Physics and Philosophy in the Soviet Union, 1927–1931 Neglected Debates on Emergence and Reduction / edited by Chris Talbot, Olga Pattison.

Table of Contents: “…On the Bicentenary of Isaac Newton’s Death. Foreword to the Articles by A. Einstein and J.J. …”
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Recreating Newton : Newtonian Biography and the Making of Nineteenth-Century History of Science. by Higgitt, Rebekah

Table of Contents: “…David Brewster's Life of Sir Isaac Newton (1831): Defending the Hero; Brewster's Life of Newton.…”
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From Aristotle to Schrödinger The Curiosity of Physics / by Antonis Modinos. by Modinos, Antonis

Table of Contents: “…The Language of Physics -- The Dawn of Science -- Astronomy Paves the Way -- Galileo: His Life and Work -- The 17th Century: The Bloom of Science -- Isaac Newton -- Classical Mechanics -- The Beginnings of Chemistry -- Thermodynamics and Statistical Mechanics -- Electromagnetism -- Cathode Rays and X-Rays -- Einstein’s Theory of Relativity -- Quantum Mechanics -- Atoms, Molecules and Solids -- The Very Small and The Very Large -- Appendix A: Notes on Mathematics -- Appendix B: Physical Constants.…”
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Reversibility and the Laws of Physics

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The Strangest Force

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Science and Progress.

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Falling Freely

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Newton and the origin of civilization / Jed Z. Buchwald & Mordechai Feingold. by Buchwald, Jed Z.

Table of Contents: “…Troubled Senses -- Troubled Numbers -- Erudition and Chronology in Seventeenth-Century England -- Isaac Newton on Prophecies and Idolatry -- Aberrant Numbers : The Propagation of Mankind before and after the Deluge -- Newtonian History -- Text and Testimony -- Interpreting Words -- Publication and Reaction -- The War on Newton in England -- The War on Newton in France -- The Demise of Chronology -- Evidence and History -- Appendix A: Signs, Conventions, Dating, and Definitions -- Appendix B: Newton's Computational Methods -- Appendix C: Commented Extracts from Newton's MS Calculations -- Appendix D: Placing Colures on the Original Star Globe -- Appendix E: Hesiod, Thales, and Stellar Risings and Settings.…”
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Confinement, duality, and nonperturbative aspects of QCD / edited by Pierre van Baal.

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Method and Madness BBC Worldwide Ltd.

Table of Contents: “…Britain's Pivotal Role in Modern Science (3:21) -- Isaac Newton (2:31) -- Newton's Experiments with Light (2:35) -- Newton's "Principia" (2:31) -- Newton & Scientific Method (2:10) -- WWII English Code-Breakers (5:13) -- Role of the Individual in Science (3:23) -- Characterizing the Scientific Mind (4:02) -- Character vs. …”
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Different like me : my book of autism heroes / Jennifer Elder ; illustrations by Marc Thomas and Jennifer Elder. by Elder, Jennifer, 1968-

Table of Contents: “…COVER; Different Like Me; About Me; Albert Einstein; Dian Fossey; AndyWarhol; Benjamin Banneker; Andy Kaufman; Wassily Kandinsky; Julia Bowman Robinson; Piet Mondrian; Alan Turing; Sophie Germain; Lewis Carroll; Isaac Newton; Nikola Tesla; Paul Erdös; Glenn Gould; Immanuel Kant; Barbara McClintock; Joseph Cornell; Hans Christian Andersen; Temple Grandin; Further Reading for Children; Further Reading for Adults and Advanced Readers.…”
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Gravity A&E Television Networks, LLC.

Table of Contents: “…Gravity: Pervasive Force (4:15) -- Galileo and Gravity (3:51) -- Sir Isaac Newton and Gravity (2:55) -- Gravity Express: Acceleration and Deceleration (2:12) -- Einstein's Space-Time (2:53) -- Earth's Escape Velocity (3:09) -- Gravity: Potential and Kinetic Energy (2:34) -- G-Forces (6:21) -- Effects of Weightlessness (5:03) -- Future of Earth's Orbit (3:24) -- Gravitational Waves (6:03) -- Credits: Gravity (0:26)…”
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The Clockwork Universe.

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Collineations and Conic Sections An Introduction to Projective Geometry in its History / by Christopher Baltus. by Baltus, Christopher

Table of Contents: “…Vertical Stretch and Isaac Newton's Conics -- 16. Three Appendices -- Bibliography.…”
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Great physicists : the life and times of leading physicists from Galileo to Hawking / William H. Cropper. by Cropper, William H.

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The Meanings of Color.

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