About the Author

Gale E. Christianson is retired from Indiana State University, where he served as Distinguished Professor of the College of Arts and Sciences and Professor of History. Among his many books are In the Presence of the Creator: Isaac Newton and His Times, Edwin Hubble: Mariner of the Nebulae, and Greenhouse: The 200-Hundred Year Story of Global Warming. He is a Guggenheim Fellow, a Huntington Library Fellow, and the recipient of
numerous other grants and awards. Christianson lives in Terre Haute, where he continues to research and write.

Reviews

"A revealing portrait of a man who helped revolutionize science."--Kirkus Review
"Christianson knows everything there is to know about Isaac, including what will remain mysterious, and recounts it enthrallingly."--Harpers