When Isaac Newton inscribed onto parchment his now-famed laws of motion in 1687, he could have only hoped we'd be discussing ...

The superb quality of this book promises to give it a prominent place in the modern scholarly literature about Isaac Newton." David L. Heiserman, Science Books & Films "Although there have been other ...

By flinging gravity across the void, Isaac Newton united physics and astronomy in a single science of matter in motion. When we step back and look at Newton's universe from afar, what is it ...

SIR ISAAC NEWTON:Aaahh. DOM:'Newton was born in 1643, when the laws of nature and the universe were a big mystery. It was the early days of modern science.' DICK:'Newton made many advances in our ...

Modern science emerged in the 17th century and probably the most important figure in that emergence was Isaac Newton. The publication of the definitive critical edition of his Scientific ...

But while Isaac Newton was busy discovering the universal ... where a newfound fascination with science and mathematics coexisted with extreme views on religious doctrine. Newton shared both ...

It was Sir Isaac Newton and his revolutionary theory of gravitation, published in what many consider the most important scientific work ever written, the "Principia" in 1687, that led to a far greater ...

Philip Ball tells the story of the life and ideas of Isaac Newton, who was born on Christmas Day in 1642. Philip discusses with historian of science Anna Marie Roos of the University of Lincoln ...

Sir Isaac Newton was famously sitting under an apple tree, when a falling apple inspired his revolutionary theories about gravity. Today, seeds from that very same apple tree have been collected and ...

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