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The measure of the man

Newton for Beginners.

By William Rankin. Icon Books, 45 Princess Road, London NW1 8JS, UK: 1993. Pp. 176. £7.99 (pbk).

The Life of Isaac Newton.

By Richard S. Westfall. Cambridge University Press: 1993. Pp. 328. £16.95, $24.95.

Equivalence and Priority: Newton Versus Leibniz.

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Fits, Passions and Paroxysms.

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All Was Light: An Introduction to Newton's Opticks.

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Shea, W. The measure of the man. Nature 364, 681–682 (1993). https://doi.org/10.1038/364681a0

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