The story of Isaac Newton's life. He discovered gravity, and the laws of motion that underpin much of modern physics. Yet he had dark secrets.

“If I have seen further,” declared the great 17th-century English scientist Sir Isaac Newton, “it is by standing on the shoulders of giants.” This season marks Newton’s 375th birthday, and his ...

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Long before he gained fame as a mathematician and scientist, Sir Isaac Newton was a young artist who lacked a proper canvas. Now, a 350-year-old sketch on a wall, discovered at Newton’s childhood home ...

While at the University of Cambridge, Newton developed his theory of gravity and the three laws of motion. In his own words, “A man can imagine things that are false, but he can only understand things ...

ANDREW MOTTE'S translation of the “Principia” is not so well known as it deserves to be. It was supplied to his brother, the publisher, soon after Newton's death. One might expect it then to be no ...

Isaac Newton laid the foundations of modern science. He discovered gravity and the principles governing motion, light, and cooling. He invented a reflecting telescope, counterfeit-proof coins, and ...