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INVENTOR, SCIENTIST, AND TEACHER r£HE&J lohri^j ISAAC Isaac — On Newton wrote: the sun and other heavenly bodies: most beautiful system of the sun, and comets, could only proceed from the counsel and dominion of an intel"This planets, ligent Being." — On the Lord of the heavens: "This Being governs all things, not as the soul of the world, but as — On Lord of all; ." . . atheism: "Atheism is so senseless. the solar system, I When I look at see the earth at the right distance from the sun to receive the proper amounts of heat and light. This did not happen by chance." — On — the solar system: "The motions of the planets require a Divine Arm to impress them." On God, his Savior: "The true God is a living, intelligent and powerful being." — On the trials of life: are medicines which our gracious and wise physician gives because we need them; and he proportions the frequency and weight of them to what the case requires. Let us trust his skill and thank him "Trials for his prescription." — On God's presence: "His (God's) duration reaches from eternity to eternity; His presence from infinity to infinity." — On "I the Bible: have a fundamental belief in the Bible as Word of God, written by men who the were inspired. I study the Bible daily." ABOUT THE AUTHOR John Hudson Tiner is a mathematician writing about a mathematician. Tiner's background as a scientist and him unusual inNewton the scien- faith as a Christian give sight into the religious life of Isaac and Bible scholar. Tiner is the author of When published in both secular and — tist writing and more than 200 religion. He Science Fails and has religious magazines, articles dealing with science has served as Editor of the Journal of Arkansas Astronomical Association. He is an instructor of physics on the high school and mathematics on the college level, and holds Master's degree from Duke University. level a INVENTOR, SCIENTIST, AND TEACHER ISAAC NEWTON John Hudson Tiner JONATHAN & DAVID ILLUSTRATED BY MOTT MEDIA Milford, Michigan 48042 INC. To John A. and Martha— My Parents All Scriptures are from the King COPYRIGHT © James Version 1975 by Mott Media, of the Bible. Inc. Fourth Printing, 1988 book are reserved. No portion of this book may be reproduced by any process such as mimeograph, photocopying, recording, storage in a retrieval system or transmitted by any means without written permission of the publisher. Brief quotations embodied All rights in this in critical articles or reviews are permitted. For information write Mott Media, 1000 East Huron, Milford, Michigan 48042. Robert Burkett, Editor LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CATALOGING IN PUBLICATION DATA Tiner,John Hudson, 1944Isaac Newton: The true story of his life. (The Sowers) Bibliography: p. 143 Includes index. SUMMARY: A scientist biography of the seventeenth-century English who developed and th