Contents

pp vii-viii

List of Figures

pp ix-x

General Editor's Preface

pp xi-xii

Foreword

pp xiii-xv

Acknowledgement

pp xvi-xvi

1 - The Hopeful Youth, 1642–1664

pp 1-29

2 - “The prime of my age for invention”, 1664–1667

pp 30-64

3 - Widening Horizons, 1667–1669

pp 65-89

4 - The Professor of Mathematics, 1669–1673

pp 90-115

5 - Publication and Polemic, 1672–1678

pp 116-142

6 - Life in Cambridge, 1675–1685

pp 143-178

7 - The Chemical Philosopher, 1669–1695

pp 179-201

8 - The Mathematical Principles of Natural Philosophy, 1679–1687

pp 202-224

9 - Private and Public life, 1685–1696

pp 225-248

10 - Fluxions and Fury, 1677–1712

pp 249-278

11 - Opticks, or a Treatise of Light, 1687–1704

pp 279-293

12 - Life in London, 1696–1718

pp 294-321

13 - A Man of Authority and Learning, 1692–1727

pp 322-348

14 - Later Books, 1706–1726

pp 349-367

15 - Kensington, 1725–1727

pp 368-380

Appendices

A - Newton's Alchemical Studies and his Idea of the Atomic Structure of Matter

pp 381-386

B - Newton's Portraits

pp 387-388

C - Newton's London Homes

pp 389-390

D - Jonathan Swift and Catherine Barton

pp 391-394

E - The Fate of Newton's Papers and his Library

pp 395-398

Notes

pp 399-452

Bibliography

pp 453-458

Index

pp 459-468