Tuesday, April 20, 2010

Sir Issac Newton Book Review

Christian Encounters Series: Isaac Newton
Trade Paper with French Flaps
By Mitch Stokes

Christian Encounters, a series of biographies from Thomas Nelson Publishers, highlights important lives from all ages and areas of the Church. Some are familiar faces. Others are unexpected guests. But all, through their relationships, struggles, prayers, and desires, uniquely illuminate our shared experience.
He built the first reflecting telescope, authored the book that became the basis for classical mechanics, and wrote the three laws of motion—and that’s just a fraction of Sir Isaac Newton’s achievements. Despite the fact that he’s considered by many to be the most influential scientist in history, he actually wrote more about his Christian faith than he did about natural science. This Christian Encounters biography illuminates Newton’s beliefs and how they shaped his view of the world he so desired to understand.
"An . . . elegant contribution to the growing literature about Newton."
---David Berlinski, author of Newton's Gift and The Devil's Delusion



Yay!!! My first book review...sorry for the lack of a picture of the book but I need to figure out how to get the pic of the book as well. But if you go to the Thomas Nelson site you can see the book for yourself.

When I first read the summary of this book, I was very intersested in reading it. When I received it, I liked the color and the layout of the book, even the french flaps...which make a very convenient bookmark. But once I started reading this book, I was disappointed. I found the author spent more time on what Issac Newton accomplished, which were numerous and wonderful, but I was expecting more about the man Sir Isaac Newton was outside of all his accomplishments. Mitch Stokes did touch on Sir Isaac Newton's life throughout the book, but for the most part it was more about what Newton did, except near the end of the book where the author did give us more insight into Newton was and did.

I would not recommend this book to others unless they were doing a research paper on Sir Issac Newton. This book would make a great resource for students but for a book to read for enjoyment, this is not it.

With FTC regulations, I now mention that Thomas Nelson has provided me with this complimenty book for review. I have recevied no monetary gain for reviewing this book.

Happy Reading,
Amanda :)