关于牛顿的传记,已出版者不知凡几,本书的特色在于大量使用了牛顿的手稿等原始资料,从文化层面客观、严谨地论述了牛顿的生平及其工作。作者认为,承继科学革命时代一百五十年人类探索研究的精华而集大成者是英国科学家牛顿,他以近乎神一般的理解力最终说明了行星的运动、彗星的轨道和大海的潮汐。人类对于其自身厕身其间的宇宙的认识,就建立在这一理解之上;而牛顿的工作所提示的理性精神,则远远超过了物理学、天文学或任何一种具体学科的范围,成为人类 About Newton’s biographies, the publisher has no knowledge of a few, the book features a lot of use of raw materials such as Newton’s manuscripts, objectively and rigorously discussed Newton’s life and work from the cultural level. The author believes that inheriting the essence of the 150 years of human exploration and study in the era of scientific revolution is the British scientist Newton who eventually explained the movement of the planet, the orbit of the comet and the tides of the sea with near-god-like comprehension. Human understanding of the universe in its own restroom is based on this understanding; and the rational spirit prompted by Newton’s work far exceeds that of physics, astronomy, or any particular subject and becomes Humanity