Born Dec. 25, 1642, Isaac Newton is likely best known for his conception of the theory of gravity. But there were many more ...

GOTTFRIED LEIBNIZ, MATHEMATICIAN: When Isaac first explained his theory of gravity to me, I remember being impressed. Not by the theory, which, as far as I could tell, was basically that stuff falls ...

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

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 ...

As Christians celebrated the birth of Jesus Christ on Thursday, astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson noted the birth of another notable man: Sir Isaac Newton. On this day long ago, a child was born who, ...

Among Newton's odd experiments were staring at a solar eclipse and wedging a needle behind his eyeball. NY Post composite/Mike Guillen Isaac Newton was a legendary scientist best known for ...

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 ...

Did Sir Isaac Newton invent social media or was it a group of medieval harness-polishers? In the 12 th century, craftsmen of various types began to loosely (and then formally) affiliate themselves ...

The very same tree from which Isaac Newton came up with the law of gravity is still alive and thriving in Woolsthorpe Manor, England, in Newton’s family home and where he spent his childhood.