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Sir Isaac Newton : the gravity of genius / produced by Greystone Communications, Inc. for A & E Network ; produced by Peter Doyle ; series producer, Melanie Blythe.

Contributor(s): Material type: FilmFilmPublisher number: AAAE-71436 | A & E Home VideoDVSS 146480 | A & E Home VideoSeries: Biography (A & E Home Video (Firm))Publication details: Burlington, VT : A & E Television Networks ; New York, NY : Distributed by New Video, 2008, �1995.Description: 1 videodisc (46 min.) : sound, color with black and white sequences ; 4 3/4 inContent type:
  • two-dimensional moving image
Media type:
  • video
Carrier type:
  • videodisc
ISBN:
  • 0767066782
  • 9780767066785
Other title:
  • Sir Isaac Newton, the gravity of genius
Uniform titles:
  • Biography (Television program)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 530.092
LOC classification:
  • QC16.N7 S57 2008
Production credits:
  • Camera, David Pryke, Paul Bernard, Paul Johnson ; editors, Steve Pomerantz, Margaret Moore ; music, Christopher L. Stone.
Host: Jack Perkins ; interviews with: Alan Chapman, Sir Michael Atiyah, I. Bernard Cohen, Richard S. Westfall, Frank E. Manuel.Summary: By the age of 23, he had laid the foundations for calculus, the laws of gravity, motion and inertia, and begun experiments on light. His major work is called 'The Principia'. Isaac Newton has been called the Father of Modern Science. His incredible body of work represents arguably the greatest contribution to science ever made by an individual. But despite living at the vibrant center of an inspired social scene, his personal life was marked by loneliness. Examine the many discoveries and private fears of this remarkable man.
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DVD, region 1, full screen (1.33:1) presentation; Dolby Digital.

Host: Jack Perkins ; interviews with: Alan Chapman, Sir Michael Atiyah, I. Bernard Cohen, Richard S. Westfall, Frank E. Manuel.

Camera, David Pryke, Paul Bernard, Paul Johnson ; editors, Steve Pomerantz, Margaret Moore ; music, Christopher L. Stone.

Originally broadcast on television in 1995.

MPAA rating: Not rated.

By the age of 23, he had laid the foundations for calculus, the laws of gravity, motion and inertia, and begun experiments on light. His major work is called 'The Principia'. Isaac Newton has been called the Father of Modern Science. His incredible body of work represents arguably the greatest contribution to science ever made by an individual. But despite living at the vibrant center of an inspired social scene, his personal life was marked by loneliness. Examine the many discoveries and private fears of this remarkable man.