Originally published in 1927 this book presents the main features of Newton's life and his chief contributions to scientific knowledge. It gives the non-scientist, as well as the specialist, an insight into the life, personality and achievements of one of England's greatest scientists and polymaths.
Selig Brodetsky (1888-1954) was Emeritus Professor of Applied Mathematics at the University of Leeds and President of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem.
Original Review of Sir Isaac Newton:
'It is fortunate...that to write such a volume should have fallen to a mathematician who has the pen of a ready writer, the dramatic skill to present his readers with something that is more than a lay figure and a welcome power of lucid exposition.' The Mathematical Gazette, Volume 14, Issue 192, (1928).
'Professor Brodetsky has given us a balanced and critical account of the life and research of Newton - an account which brings out equally well Newton's remarkable personality and remarkable work.' Transactions of the Faraday Society, Volume 25 (1929).