Isaac and Amanda: A Play in Ten Scenes
Feb 2012 · Author House
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The play Isaac and Amanda is among other things a love story about Isaac Newton and a woman named Amanda. It also contains material about the conflicts that Newton had with the scientist Robert Hooke and the mathematician Leibniz. The latter conflict deals with the issue of who should receive credit for the discovery of Calculus. Furthermore, it deals with that period of Newtons life when he was an official in the Mint (the equivalent in the United States of the Treasury Department) trying to solve Britains currency problems and his difficulties with the master counterfeiter Challoner and especially Challoners wife. Finally, it brings up the issue of Newtons year when he was so depressed that some people say he had a nervous breakdown. Some of the material in Isaac and Amanda is to be found in the play On the Shoulders of Giants, written by the same authors.
About the author
Arthur Ziffer is a mathematician and has had a lifelong interest in Isaac Newton. He lives in New York City. Herbert Hauptman won a Nobel prize (the first mathematician to do so) in Chemistry for his work applying advanced mathematics to crystallography. Herbert Hauptman passed away in 2011.
Arthur Ziffer is a mathematician and has had a lifelong interest in Isaac Newton. He lives in New York City. Herbert Hauptman won a Nobel prize (the first mathematician to do so) in Chemistry for his work applying advanced mathematics to crystallography. Herbert Hauptman passed away in 2011.
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