Isaac Newton by James GleickMy rating: 3 of 5 stars
The book laid to rest the myth of the apple falling on Newton's head. The apocryphal story of his dog named Diamond accidentally knocking over a lit candle and setting fire to his papers is just that - apocryphal.
The acrimonious debate about who first discovered calculus still persists. Newton was first but did not publish. Leibniz published his work first and his notations came to be universally accepted and not Newton's.
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