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100 1 _aHubbard, Elbert,
_d1856-1915
245 1 0 _aLittle Journeys to the Homes of the Great - Volume 12 :
_bLittle Journeys to the Homes of Great Scientists
264 1 _aSalt Lake City, UT :
_bProject Gutenberg,
_c2006
300 _a1 online resource :
_bmultiple file formats
336 _atext
_btxt
_2rdacontent
337 _acomputer
_bc
_2rdamedia
338 _aonline resource
_bcr
_2rdacarrier
500 _aRelease date is 2006-08-19
505 0 _aSir Isaac Newton -- Galileo -- Copernicus -- Humboldt -- William Herschel -- Charles Darwin -- Haeckel -- Linnaeus -- Thomas H. Huxley -- John Tyndall -- Alfred R. Wallace -- John Fiske.
508 _aProduced by Juliet Sutherland, Janet Blenkinship and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net
520 _a"Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great - Volume 12" by Elbert Hubbard is a collection of biographical essays written in the early 20th century. This volume specifically explores the lives of significant scientists, beginning with Sir Isaac Newton. Hubbard offers insights into the personal and professional challenges these luminaries faced, celebrating their contributions to science while providing a narrative that reveals their humanity. The opening of the volume introduces us to Sir Isaac Newton, describing his humble beginnings as the son of a farmer and detailing the challenges faced by his mother after his father's death. As Newton grows up, the text covers his early education, significant relationships, and precocious intellect that eventually leads him to Trinity College. Notably, it highlights pivotal moments, such as his triumph over a school bully and his burgeoning passion for mathematics, setting the stage for his later groundbreaking discoveries. Overall, the opening portion illustrates Newton's early life and the formative experiences that shaped him into one of history's greatest scientists. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
534 _nOriginal publication data not identified
653 _aScientists -- Biography
856 4 0 _uhttps://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/19080
999 _c60466
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