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Wizards: An Amazing Journey Through the Last Great Age of Magic
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Bibliographic Detail
Publisher
Greystone Books
Publication date
August 1, 2004
Pages
80
Binding
Paperback
Edition
Reprint
Book category
Juvenile Non-Fiction
ISBN-13
9781553650393
ISBN-10
1553650395
Dimensions
0.25 by 8.75 by 10.75 in.
Weight
0.80 lbs.
Availability§
Out of Print
Original list price
$12.00
Other format details
juvenile
§As reported by publisher
Summaries and Reviews
Summary
While working as an apprentice to an apothecary in the seventh century, young Newton becomes fascinated with the healing powers of the medicine he is creating and so goes on an intense quest to learn about the workings of the universe, discovering the laws of gravity in the process. Reprint.
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A fascinating journey from the days of dried newts and powdered worms to the discoveries of modern physics.
Wizards takes us back to the 1500s and 1600s, when real live sorcerers read the future in crystal balls, when villagers cast spells on their neighborsÂwhen the magical arts were a normal part of everyday life.
Meet 12-year-old Isaac Newton. The year is 1655, and Isaac is boarding with a family that runs an apothecary shop in Grantham, England. Here, he learns to mix his own healing potions and marvels at the secret powers of nutmeg and dried newts. In this atmosphere of magic and mystery, the determined schoolboy sets out to master the hidden powers that make the world work. Heâs determined to learn the art of wizardry.
Isaacâs quest takes him deep into the heart of the Great Age of MagicÂinto the world of sorcerers conjuring cloaks of invisibility, wizards divining the future and alchemists searching for the philosopher's stone.
In 1693, now a famous scientist and mathematician, he has already pushed the world into the Scientific Revolution and turned it upside down with his theory of gravity. Does his quest to learn the art of wizardry lead Isaac Newton from sorcery to science?
Wizards takes us back to the 1500s and 1600s, when real live sorcerers read the future in crystal balls, when villagers cast spells on their neighborsÂwhen the magical arts were a normal part of everyday life.
Meet 12-year-old Isaac Newton. The year is 1655, and Isaac is boarding with a family that runs an apothecary shop in Grantham, England. Here, he learns to mix his own healing potions and marvels at the secret powers of nutmeg and dried newts. In this atmosphere of magic and mystery, the determined schoolboy sets out to master the hidden powers that make the world work. Heâs determined to learn the art of wizardry.
Isaacâs quest takes him deep into the heart of the Great Age of MagicÂinto the world of sorcerers conjuring cloaks of invisibility, wizards divining the future and alchemists searching for the philosopher's stone.
In 1693, now a famous scientist and mathematician, he has already pushed the world into the Scientific Revolution and turned it upside down with his theory of gravity. Does his quest to learn the art of wizardry lead Isaac Newton from sorcery to science?
Editions
Hardcover
from Greystone Books (March 1, 2003)
9781550549430 | details & prices | 80 pages | 9.50 × 11.75 × 0.75 in. | Rec. grade levels 4-6 | 1.50 lbs | List price $17.95
About: Describes magical beliefs common in the age of Sir Isaac Newton, and shows how an interest in magic and how it worked led curious people like Newton to make discoveries about the world about them that led to the rise of science.
About: Describes magical beliefs common in the age of Sir Isaac Newton, and shows how an interest in magic and how it worked led curious people like Newton to make discoveries about the world about them that led to the rise of science.
Paperback
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Reprint edition from Greystone Books (August 1, 2004)
9781553650393 | details & prices | 80 pages | 8.75 × 10.75 × 0.25 in. | Rec. grade levels 4-6 | 0.80 lbs | List price $12.00
About: Describes magical beliefs common in the age of Sir Isaac Newton, and shows how an interest in magic and how it worked led curious people like Newton to make discoveries about the world about them that led to the rise of science.
About: Describes magical beliefs common in the age of Sir Isaac Newton, and shows how an interest in magic and how it worked led curious people like Newton to make discoveries about the world about them that led to the rise of science.
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