A new online Isaac Newton archive sheds light on an era where science, theology, alchemy and plain old black magic was all intertwined, Liz Williams reports for the Guardian. Back in the day, our ...

Today, we celebrate the birthday of one of the most important human beings to walk the face of the Earth. On this day, in 1642, Sir Isaac Newton was born. He would be 371. Newton was a physicist and ...

Isaac Newton’s 17th century book, the Principia, gave the famed English scientist a reputation: “[T]here goes the man that writt a book that neither he nor any body else understands,” a Cambridge ...

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Sir Isaac Newton, the acclaimed physicist, mathematician, and astronomer, may be one of the most ...

Famous scientist Sir Isaac Newton predicted the world will end in 2060 in a chilling letter scrawled above a maths calculation more than 300 years ago. The renowned scientist, who discovered gravity ...

Science texts aren't normally top earners at auctions, but Christie's just proved that there are major exceptions to this rule. The auction house has sold a first edition of Isaac Newton's 1687 ...

Isaac Newtons quote, “standing on the shoulders of giants,” highlights the collective nature of progress. It emphasises that ...

If you asked people strolling down Fifth Avenue to name a genius, most would probably cite Albert Einstein. "Ask them to name another one, it would be (Isaac) Newton," said Mordechai Feingold, curator ...

Towering thinker Sir Isaac Newton carved a now-barely visible doodle of a windmill into a stone wall in his childhood home, according to a news release from the National Trust. The drawing was ...