| 单词 | Isaac Newton |
| 例句 | Isaac Newton came, on his father’s side, from a farming family that had just started to do well for themselves in a material way, but lacked any pretensions to intellectual achievement. The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z He was, indeed, rejected in favour of David Gregory, a protégé of Isaac Newton. The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z Born prematurely on Christmas Day in 1642, Isaac Newton squirmed into the world, so small that he was able to fit into a quart pot. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z He assigned each of the twelve notes in the scale a different colour, based on Opticks, Sir Isaac Newton’s 1704 study of light, colour and diffraction. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z The following year, Isaac Newton published his epic work on light and colour, Opticks, having deliberately sat on it for thirty years, waiting for Hooke to die. The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z Sickly, feeling abandoned by his parents, quarrelsome, unsociable, a virgin to the day he died, Isaac Newton was perhaps the greatest scientific genius who ever lived. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z This would be a key component in the full flowering of mechanics achieved following the work of Isaac Newton. The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z But there were more serious alchemists such as Paracelsus and even Isaac Newton. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Isaac Newton believed that light was composed of little particles that flowed from every bright object. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z “Isaac Newton established the three laws of motion,” my grandfather says, and points to the plastic fork on his tray. The Fourteenth Goldfish 2014-08-26T00:00:00Z He would also be near the great Sir Isaac Newton. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z All our names are just stupid nicknames they made up—like Alby for Albert Einstein, Newt for Isaac Newton, and me—Thomas. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z The three people who between them established both the scientific method itself and the pre-eminence of British science at the end of the seventeenth century were Robert Hooke, Edmond Halley and Isaac Newton. The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z There were many portraits that had to be taken from Gresham College to Crane Court, and this was overseen by the obsessive stickler for detail Sir Isaac Newton. The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z The lifelong quest of Johannes Kepler, to understand the motions of the planets, to seek a harmony in the heavens, culminated thirty-six years after his death, in the work of Isaac Newton. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z The inventors of calculus, Isaac Newton and Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz, created the most powerful mathematical method ever by dividing by zero and adding an infinite number of zeros together. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z Many popular accounts note the coincidence that ‘the’ Isaac Newton was born in the same year, 1642, that Galileo died. The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z “No! Isaac Newton! The father of modern physics!” The Fourteenth Goldfish 2014-08-26T00:00:00Z With his characteristic incisiveness, Isaac Newton later pointed out the obvious flaw in this idea. The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z This was in accordance with the Third Law of Motion according to Sir Isaac Newton. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z It lists Abraham Lincoln, Ernest Hemingway, Winston Churchill, Isaac Newton, Sylvia Plath, and a bunch of other smart people who were kind of nuts. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z Isaac Newton may be hailed a founder of modern science, while Kircher is now “something of a joke.” Books of The Times: ‘A Man of Misconceptions’ by John Glassie 2012-12-30T21:22:10Z Isaac Newton demonstrated that white light was composed of a mixture of differently coloured rays, overturning received understandings of light and vision. Understanding the universe 2015-10-22T04:00:00Z FEW scientists have had the influence of Sir Isaac Newton, who largely built the edifice of modern science. Magician’s brain 2014-06-19T04:00:00Z In other words, the divine watchmaker imagined by deists like Isaac Newton, Thomas Jefferson and Benjamin Franklin. Antony Flew, 87, Philosopher and Ex-Atheist, Dies 2010-04-17T02:21:00Z He points out that Isaac Newton, no less, devoted as much time to biblical exegesis, alchemical experiments and other occult matters as he did to theorizing about gravity and working out the principles of calculus. Review | How scientists came to be 2018-03-20T04:00:00Z For many, Isaac Newton’s laws of universal order were crowning achievements of this movement. The man who made America: Reason, religion and the brilliant mind of John Locke 2015-11-26T05:00:00Z I don’t want to overstate Sean’s credentials for the purpose of inflating the gravitas of this column, but he is basically Isaac Newton, with less foofy hair. Perspective | Gene Weingarten: ‘Operation Warp Speed’? Trump plan for a coronavirus vaccine is, well, warped. 2020-06-05T04:00:00Z The thieves also made off with a 1569 copy of Dante’s “The Divine Comedy,” and books by Leonardo da Vinci and Sir Isaac Newton. Books worth $2.5 million stolen in a daring London heist 2017-02-14T05:00:00Z Along with Francis Bacon and Isaac Newton, Locke became synonymous with the progressive advances of English culture. The man who made America: Reason, religion and the brilliant mind of John Locke 2015-11-26T05:00:00Z At the screen separating the nave from the choir, there is an enormous monument to Isaac Newton, with a carving depicting his many discoveries. Centuries of history come to life on a verger tour of Westminster Abbey 2019-01-10T05:00:00Z Standing near pictures of Archimedes, Leonardo da Vinci, Galileo Galilei, Isaac Newton and Albert Einstein, Mr. Kamen says he wonders who the next comparable great thinker will be. Review: ‘SlingShot’ Documentary Pitches Solution to Global Water Crisis 2015-07-09T04:00:00Z It’s hard to detail the varied offerings, which bring together the performing, culinary and visual arts under the theme of “Gravity 350,” honoring the anniversary of Isaac Newton’s discovery. Classical Music Listings for June 10-16 2016-06-09T04:00:00Z Isaac Newton was a genius – the man who made sense of the world and of the universe, brought order to chaos and uncertainty, darkness to light. Newton: The Last Magician and The Security Man – review 2013-04-13T06:00:50Z That’s why creative connections often occur when people are most peaceful — relaxing under a tree, like Isaac Newton, or in a dream state, like Coleridge when he thought up “Kubla Khan.” The Mind Research Network and Charting Creativity 2010-05-07T23:07:00Z While the field of physics has yet to reconcile the divergent equations of Sir Isaac Newton with those of Albert Einstein, it has given us a serviceable understanding of how matter and energy interact. You are more than a sexual fetish — but online dating sites might not think so 2014-03-15T20:30:00Z Yes, this is true, and then AiG goes on to use Isaac Newton, a highly respected scientist, to back up Ussher’s claim. Neil DeGrasse Tyson reveals age of Earth, creationists’ heads collectively explode 2014-04-25T11:50:00Z But in the eyes of one LA-based production team, Sir Isaac Newton is the perfect historical figure to be Hollywood's next action hero. Isaac Newton set to become the next Hollywood action hero 2012-06-08T16:03:45Z The work of 17th-century figures like Johannes Kepler, Robert Boyle and Isaac Newton was informed by their religious thinking. The Twain Shall Meet 2016-02-09T05:00:00Z Isaac Newton’s universal language Topics: , Isaac Newton, , , Mathematics, Isaac Newton laid the foundations of modern science. Isaac Newton’s universal language 2013-05-11T15:00:00Z And Isaac Newton studied in the building!7. Ten reasons why I love my library 2012-11-07T12:19:00Z As cutting-edge as the applications are, the technology dates to Isaac Newton, who first separated light into its constituent wavelengths, through a prism, back in the 1600s. This groundbreaking technology will soon let us see exactly what’s in our food 2016-03-26T04:00:00Z This is the sort of work in which inmates of a sanitarium believe they're Isaac Newton and Albert Einstein. ArtsBeat: London Theater Journal: Seeing Patterns in a Nuclear Cloud 2012-06-19T17:57:24Z Leibniz, Isaac Newton and calculus, and there’s some discussion of the nature of fire. Review | Avant Bard recalls a French scientific genius 2017-10-23T04:00:00Z His ashes will be interred between major British scientific figures Isaac Newton and Charles Darwin at Westminster Abbey, a location made famous worldwide for generations of royal coronations, weddings and funerals. Stephen Hawking's voice to be beamed into space at final send-off 2018-06-15T04:00:00Z The most fabled example is calculus, developed independently in two different countries by Isaac Newton and Gottfried Wilhelm von Leibniz, but the list stretches back centuries and unfurls right into the present. ‘NeuroTribes,’ by Steve Silberman 2015-08-17T04:00:00Z A great number of people ranging from Isaac Newton — who spent several years inside his house — to actress Kim Basinger have shared the fear of going out in public. Our new era of anxiety 2012-06-02T22:00:00Z "Its discovery also coincided with Isaac Newton's color theory, which shifted discussion of color and light scientifically," said Griswold. How new shades of blue made 'A Revolution of the Palette' at Norton Simon 2015-07-24T04:00:00Z And then, when I was immersed in my last book, about Isaac Newton, I started to feel that I was already writing about information more than, say, physics. James Gleick: 'Information poses as many challenges as opportunities' 2011-04-09T23:05:59Z Isaac Newton, the original nutty professor, tossed off discoveries and inventions as naturally as blinking. TV highlights 12/04/2013 2013-04-12T06:00:05Z With a long list of famous left-handed people including Leonardo da Vinci, Isaac Newton, Benjamin Franklin and Ronald Reagan, it might be easy to believe that left handed people are, in fact, smarter. Are left handed people smarter than right handed people? Here's what researchers say. 2021-08-13T04:00:00Z The title of Dawkins’s book comes from a poem by Keats, who believed that Isaac Newton had destroyed all the poetry of the rainbow by reducing it to the prismatic colors. Atheism’s radical new heroes: Richard Dawkins, Sam Harris and an evolving new moral view 2014-03-02T17:00:00Z Experiments, digital projections and pyrotechnics in a family show based on the work of the likes of Sir Isaac Newton and James Watt. This week's new events 2011-01-29T00:06:33Z Year that two visible comets over Europe caused Sir Isaac Newton to write to the royal astronomer in a letter included in the exhibition. Literary treasures from Corpus Christi College at Oxford arrive in Washington 2017-02-22T05:00:00Z A typically frenzied edition of Radiolab, dealing with the topic of colours, begins with a story about Isaac Newton stabbing himself in the eye, and doesn't really let up from there. Catch-up TV Guide: From Princess Elizabeth to Alan Carr: Chatty Man 2012-06-01T23:05:39Z A proposed film about Sir Isaac Newton promises to present the 17th-century scientist in a fresh light. Isaac Newton set to become the next Hollywood action hero 2012-06-08T16:03:45Z Sir Isaac Newton and I, we are like two peas in a pond.’ Book review: ‘The Rise & Fall of Great Powers,’ by Tom Rachman It does seem as though, for the purposes of these writers, science is the conquest of mystery, as it was for Auguste Comte and as it certainly was not for Isaac Newton. Marilynne Robinson: Can science solve life's mysteries? 2010-06-04T23:06:00Z Ideas about gravity and motion put in place by Isaac Newton in the 17th century were overturned by the work of Albert Einstein. The uncanny physics of empty space 2016-11-17T05:00:00Z This indeed was how Isaac Newton thought of time – as if there is a clock outside the universe that everything is measured by and that would tick whether anything was happening or not. My hero: Gottfried Wilhelm von Leibniz by Lee Smolin 2013-05-10T15:01:01Z Did you know, for instance, that Voltaire attended Isaac Newton’s funeral at Westminster Abbey? An insider’s tale of how biography works: ‘This Long Pursuit,’ by Richard Holmes 2017-03-22T04:00:00Z It was one of his many early science experiments, inspired by an article in Popular Mechanics about Isaac Newton’s contributions to modern physics involving a bucket of water and a rope. The Artist Who Throws Newton a Curve 2022-09-06T04:00:00Z It all goes back to her father, Isaac Newton, the homesteader, and his perennial financial problems. The Woman Who Demonstrated the Greenhouse Effect 2023-11-09T05:00:00Z Calculus is an old subject, invented independently by Isaac Newton and Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz in the 17th century. Joseph J. Kohn, Who Broke New Ground in Calculus, Dies at 91 2023-10-24T04:00:00Z When the x-rays hit and vaporize a diamond capsule, the material blasts outward and—thanks to Isaac Newton’s dictum that every action has an equal and opposite reaction—drives the fuel toward the capsule’s center. Laser-fusion experiment squeezes out even more energy 2023-10-01T04:00:00Z "Using humans to train machine learning models is effective, but it's also time-consuming and expensive," said first author Dr Nicolas Boullé, from the Isaac Newton Institute for Mathematical Sciences. Machine learning models can produce reliable results even with limited training data 2023-09-19T04:00:00Z These fundamental questions of agency -- acting with purpose -- have perplexed some of the greatest minds in history including Sir Isaac Newton, Charles Darwin, Erwin Schrödinger and Niels Bohr. Eureka baby! Groundbreaking study uncovers origin of 'conscious awareness' 2023-09-18T04:00:00Z Ever since Isaac Newton and the falling apple, surprises have often pushed physics forward. The Most Surprising Discoveries in Physics 2023-07-27T04:00:00Z The close relationship between math, physics, and engineering is obvious in the work of people like Da Vinci, Galileo, and Isaac Newton, all of whom combined an advanced understanding of mathematics and its practical applications. Western Civilization: A Concise History 2020-01-01T00:00:00Z His emphasis on perfecting experimental techniques became a central focus of its principles and continued to influence scientists like Isaac Newton for many years after its founding. World History: from 1400 2022-12-14T00:00:00Z These are called Newtonian fluids, named after Sir Isaac Newton. Here’s the Weird Physics That Makes Peanut Butter a Liquid 2023-05-09T04:00:00Z Ground-breaking scientists including Benjamin Franklin, Edmund Halley and Isaac Newton sent their research findings to the Society's journal. Royal Society: Four incredible objects that made science history 2023-04-25T04:00:00Z Isaac Newton concluded that light consists of particles in 1672; Christiaan Huygens developed his wave theory of light six years later. The Most Surprising Discoveries in Physics 2023-07-27T04:00:00Z Isaac Newton was a scientist but also an alchemist, devoting considerable time and effort to trying to figure out how to “transmute” base metals like lead into gold. Western Civilization: A Concise History 2020-01-01T00:00:00Z Astronomers can then measure the position of the asteroid over time to calculate the basic shape of its orbit using mathematics pioneered by Johannes Kepler and generalized by Isaac Newton in the 17th century. Don't Panic: The Valentine’s Day 2046 asteroid will not hit Earth. Here’s why. 2023-03-31T04:00:00Z No amount of word salad can repeal Isaac Newton’s second law of motion, F=ma. Opinion | The Ohio train wreck shows toxic risk of valuing efficiency over safety 2023-02-16T05:00:00Z Scientists identified the suspected comet with the Wide Field Camera of the Isaac Newton Telescope on the Canary Island of La Palma. The Mysterious Comets That Hide in the Asteroid Belt 2022-11-18T05:00:00Z True, an apple falling from a tree tipped Isaac Newton off to gravity, but it just as easily could have concussed him. Opinion | Herschel Walker’s anti-tree campaign is genius 2022-08-23T04:00:00Z Sir Isaac Newton was the first scientist to precisely define the gravitational force, and to show that it could explain both falling bodies and astronomical motions. College Physics for AP Courses 2015-08-12T00:00:00Z In the seventeenth century, Isaac Newton performed experiments with lenses and prisms and was able to demonstrate that white light consists of the individual colors of the rainbow combined together. Chemistry 2019-02-14T00:00:00Z The first successful reflecting telescope was built by Isaac Newton in 1668. Astronomy 2016-10-13T00:00:00Z Using the power of the press, Enlightenment thinkers like John Locke, Isaac Newton, and Voltaire questioned accepted knowledge and spread new ideas about openness, investigation, and religious tolerance throughout Europe and the Americas. U.S. History 2014-12-30T00:00:00Z “Did you know Sir Isaac Newton stuck a pen in his eyeball?” In the ashes of a devastating Sierra fire, a flower farm blooms 2022-08-15T04:00:00Z Although Christiaan Huygens thought that light was a wave, Isaac Newton did not. College Physics for AP Courses 2015-08-12T00:00:00Z Kepler’s laws were formulated based on observations from Brahe; however, they were not proved formally until Sir Isaac Newton was able to apply calculus. Calculus, Volume 3 2016-03-30T00:00:00Z Together, they placed the speculations of Copernicus on a sound mathematical basis and paved the way for the work of Isaac Newton in the next century. Astronomy 2016-10-13T00:00:00Z Integral notation goes back to the late seventeenth century and is one of the contributions of Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz, who is often considered to be the codiscoverer of calculus, along with Isaac Newton. Calculus, Volume 1 2016-03-30T00:00:00Z “The Princess” never reaches the “Suck it, Sir Isaac Newton” levels of “Fast and Furious” absurdity, but it does enjoy the bloody, bone-crunching action that lights up “Wick” fans. Review: In 'The Princess,' Joey King slashes the patriarchy and rewrites fairy tales 2022-07-01T04:00:00Z The relative velocities in this section are actually aspects of classical relativity, first discussed correctly by Galileo and Isaac Newton. College Physics for AP Courses 2015-08-12T00:00:00Z Sir Isaac Newton was very much a believing Christian and probably devoted as much time to studying Scriptures and theology as he did to physics and mathematics. Q&A: Talking God, science and religion with theoretical physicist Frank Wilczek 2022-05-19T04:00:00Z It was the genius of Isaac Newton that found a conceptual framework that completely explained the observations and rules assembled by Galileo, Brahe, Kepler, and others. Astronomy 2016-10-13T00:00:00Z Isaac Newton’s contributions to mathematics and physics changed the way we look at the world. Calculus, Volume 1 2016-03-30T00:00:00Z “Like Isaac Newton and Albert Einstein,” she added, “he is a natural philosopher who unites a curiosity about the behavior of nature with a playful and profound philosophical mind.” Nobel laureate and physicist Wilczek wins Templeton Prize 2022-05-11T04:00:00Z It can be quite the heady sensation to drive through the San Fernando Valley, along those wide boulevards named for history’s great men — Isaac Newton, Moses, Vasco Nunez. Sepulveda, Sherman, Tarzana: The most interesting stories behind the Valley's street names 2022-05-10T04:00:00Z The woodland that inspired the 100 Acre Wood in Winne the Pooh and the apple tree where Sir Isaac Newton discovered gravity are among those included. Ancient trees dedicated to Queen for Platinum Jubilee 2022-04-30T04:00:00Z Isaac Newton’s work on the laws of motion, gravity, optics, and mathematics laid the foundations for much of physical science. Astronomy 2016-10-13T00:00:00Z Keats once joked that Isaac Newton “destroyed the poetry of the rainbow by reducing it to a prism.” Review | What does this funny-looking mole have to do with our sense of touch? A new book explains. 2022-03-21T04:00:00Z Intellectuals mocked what they called the “enthusiasm” of self-taught preachers whose pulpit thunder exceeded their formal learning, just as the roughhewn itinerants knew little of Isaac Newton. Building the American Republic, Volume 2 2018-01-18T00:00:00Z Now uncertainty and relativity replaced Isaac Newton’s comforting belief of a world operating according to absolute laws of motion and gravity. World History: Patterns of Interaction 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z He said the tree was cloned from the one that led Sir Isaac Newton to discover the laws of gravity. Cambridge University Botanic Garden's 'Newton's apple tree' falls in storm 2022-02-21T05:00:00Z The answer to this question required mathematical tools that had not yet been developed, but this did not deter Isaac Newton, who invented what we today call calculus to deal with this problem. Astronomy 2016-10-13T00:00:00Z For example, Isaac Newton’s theory of gravity was superseded by Albert Einstein’s, but that did not make Newton’s theory “wrong” or make Einstein’s “right.” Readers Respond to the July 2021 Issue 2021-11-14T05:00:00Z President Biden signaled last week that Isaac Newton’s third law of motion — for every action, there is an equal and opposite reaction — may finally apply to American politics. Opinion | True conservatives should support filibuster reform 2021-10-24T04:00:00Z The philosophes believed that people could apply reason to all aspects of life, just as Isaac Newton had applied reason to science. World History: Patterns of Interaction 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z Daubechies was offered the Lucasian Chair of Mathematics, held previously by, among others, Stephen Hawking and Isaac Newton — but never by a woman. The Godmother of the Digital Image 2021-09-14T04:00:00Z In 1672, in the first paper that he submitted to the Royal Society, Sir Isaac Newton described an experiment in which he permitted sunlight to pass through a small hole and then through a prism. Astronomy 2016-10-13T00:00:00Z Isaac Newton said that he was able to make his discoveries only by standing upon the shoulders of giants. Perspective | History’s most boneheaded predictions were compiled in this government report 2021-09-07T04:00:00Z Even Isaac Newton saw a universe filled with purpose. Learning to Live in Steven Weinberg’s Pointless Universe 2021-07-27T04:00:00Z Later, the great English scientist Isaac Newton helped to bring together their breakthroughs under a single theory of motion. World History: Patterns of Interaction 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z Hawking’s personal reference library and his papers are being preserved by Cambridge University Library, which also holds the papers of other scientific giants, such as Isaac Newton and Charles Darwin. Cosmologist Stephen Hawking’s office and archives at Cambridge to be preserved by British museum group 2021-06-11T04:00:00Z “There’s not one of them who knows anything of science. They think Sir Isaac Newton invented the Fig Newton.” Former Dodgers star reliever Mike Marshall dies at 78 2021-06-01T04:00:00Z Hawking's archive joins those of Isaac Newton and Charles Darwin at the library, just as his ashes were interred at London's Westminster Abbey between those two other giants of British science. Stephen Hawking's office and archive to get UK homes 2021-05-26T04:00:00Z Isaac Newton was able to write down brief equations capturing these motions in the 1600s. Physicists Edge Closer to Taming the Three-Body Problem 2021-05-07T04:00:00Z They are "as much my intellectual ancestors as Isaac Newton is." A cosmologist throws light on a universe of bias 2021-04-20T04:00:00Z But soon after Isaac Newton constructed the first reflecting telescope later that century, mirrors took over: Astronomy today is dominated by telescopes with giant mirrors up to 10 meters wide. Fly-eyed lens array captures dim objects missed by giant telescopes 2021-03-25T04:00:00Z In 1727, physicist, mathematician and astronomer Sir Isaac Newton died in London. Today in History 2021-03-20T04:00:00Z They compared their work to the scientific discoveries of Isaac Newton. Another new plan, but will Foxconn follow through this time? 2021-03-06T05:00:00Z In the natural world, Isaac Newton’s third law of motion states that “For every action, there is an equal and opposite reaction.” Editorial Roundup: Mississippi 2021-01-27T05:00:00Z This was already recognized by Isaac Newton, as discussed in Michael Strevens’ new book The Knowledge Machine. Experimental Tests of Theology 2021-01-26T05:00:00Z Isaac Newton then translated those findings into mathematical laws. Review | A theoretical physicist gets down to the basics 2021-01-07T05:00:00Z Two centuries earlier, Isaac Newton had posited that gravity is a force that somehow reaches through space to attract massive objects to one another. After decades of effort, scientists are finally seeing black holes—or are they? 2021-01-07T05:00:00Z When the bubonic plague spread through England in the 17th century, Sir Isaac Newton fled Cambridge where he was studying for the safety of his family home in Lincolnshire. Has a year of living with Covid-19 rewired our brains? 2020-12-13T05:00:00Z The antique books, considered to be of international cultural significance, include works by English scientist Isaac Newton and Spanish artist Francisco Goya and relating to Italian astronomer Galileo Galilei, the Metropolitan Police said. Rare books returned to owners after 'Mission: Impossible' burglary in UK 2020-11-10T05:00:00Z The hoard included rare versions of Dante and sketches by the Spanish painter Francisco de Goya, as well as the titles by Galileo and Isaac Newton dating back to the 16th and 17th Centuries. Owners' joy as rare £2.5m books stolen in London heist returned 2020-11-10T05:00:00Z "A Wheel of Fortune contestant just guessed 'Tom Isaac Newton'. This reaffirms my theory that there are 2 kinds of people: Wheel of Fortune people and Jeopardy people," a game show aficionado noted. 'Wheel of Fortune' contestant shocks viewers with wildly incorrect answer 2020-11-05T05:00:00Z And he went on, “Because Sir Isaac Newton was superior to others in understanding, he was not therefore lord of the person or property of others.” I’m Jewish and Don’t Identify as White. Why Must I Check That Box? 2020-10-13T04:00:00Z In one raid in 2017, the thieves took rare books by scientists Sir Isaac Newton and the 18th-century Spanish painter Francisco Goya. Romanian gang members flew in and out of UK to carry out string of high-value burglaries: police 2020-10-05T04:00:00Z Science builds upon previous work, with thinkers “standing on the shoulders of giants,” as Isaac Newton put it, and it starts with basic research aimed at understanding a problem before fixing it. Nobel Prizes and COVID-19: Slow, basic science may pay off 2020-10-03T04:00:00Z To the contrary, history demonstrates that polymaths like Leonardo da Vinci, René Descartes, Gottfried Leibniz, Isaac Newton, Charles Darwin, Benjamin Franklin, Marie Curie and Nikola Tesla were all responsible for foundational breakthroughs in science. The Dangers of Intellectual Territorialism 2020-08-31T04:00:00Z "Lady just answered 'Tom Isaac Newton' instead of 'Sir Isaac Newton' on Wheel of Fortune and I'm dead," someone else joked. 'Wheel of Fortune' contestant shocks viewers with wildly incorrect answer 2020-11-05T05:00:00Z Since Isaac Newton, we have known that outer objects move more slowly. Readers Respond to the April 2020 Issue 2020-08-23T04:00:00Z When an explosion startles Arthur, Ren and Cecily on their way to school, they don’t expect to be swept into an adventure game on a ship captained by Isaac Newton. Children’s books roundup – the best new picture books and novels 2020-06-27T04:00:00Z I made a cider with apples harvested from Isaac Newton’s apple tree—called Gravity. A Poetic, Mind-Bending Tour of the Fungal World 2020-06-24T04:00:00Z One of the main components of Sir Isaac Newton’s First Law of Motion dictates that a body in motion tends to stay in motion. GOPers on Capitol Hill aren't wavering in support of Trump despite criticism 2020-06-07T04:00:00Z "Honestly just stopping by on Twitter to see the reaction to the contestant guessing 'Tom Isaac Newton' on Wheel of Fortune tonight," someone else noted. "seriously needed the laugh." 'Wheel of Fortune' contestant shocks viewers with wildly incorrect answer 2020-11-05T05:00:00Z It remained in the family until 1872, when his descendant, Isaac Newton Wallop, Fifth Earl of Portsmouth, donated his writings to Trinity College. Isaac Newton proposed curing plague with toad vomit, unseen papers show 2020-06-02T04:00:00Z Isaac Newton discovered gravity and invented calculus when he was isolated during the plague, they note; Shakespeare, not to be outdone, wrote several plays. This pandemic is not an extended sabbatical 2020-05-26T04:00:00Z The tangled problem, known as Conway’s knot, is so fabled among mathematicians that a depiction of the knot even graces the gates of the Isaac Newton Institute for Mathematical Sciences at Cambridge University. Graduate student untangles nature of Conway knot 2020-05-22T04:00:00Z “Isaac Newton famously talked of seeing further because he stood on the shoulders of giants. That’s how so many of us feel about Mac’s legacy,” Arnold said. Maclear ‘Mac’ Jacoby, Landon School’s longest-serving employee, dies of covid-19 2020-05-09T04:00:00Z He said not even Isaac Newton achieved that.” Robert May, former UK chief scientist and chaos theory pioneer, dies aged 84 2020-04-29T04:00:00Z Isaac Newton’s 17th-century prescription for plague – which blended powdered toad with toad vomit to form “lozenges” to drive away the contagion – has been revealed. Isaac Newton proposed curing plague with toad vomit, unseen papers show 2020-06-02T04:00:00Z Isaac Newton discovered gravity and invented calculus while in quarantine, we are told. Why you should ignore the pressure to be productive during lockdown 2020-04-24T04:00:00Z Last month, a viral Twitter post read, “The next person who tweets about how productive Isaac Newton was while working from home gets my three year old posted to them!” The pandemic and the female academic 2020-04-16T04:00:00Z Their discovery proved Einstein, and not his predecessor Isaac Newton, was right. Chile astronomers discover star dancing according to Einstein´s century-old theory 2020-04-16T04:00:00Z A previous version incorrectly said Isaac Newton won the Copley prize. Robert May, former UK chief scientist and chaos theory pioneer, dies aged 84 2020-04-29T04:00:00Z If Isaac Newton’s classic description of gravity holds true, S2 should then continue along exactly the same path through space as on its previous orbit. Star’s strange path around black hole proves Einstein right—again 2020-04-16T04:00:00Z Yes, Isaac Newton produced epic works of genius while he was isolating from the plague, writes science writer Thomas Levenson — but it’s a tale of perseverance, not reinvention. Daily briefing: Two breakthroughs add to ‘grand unifying theory of maths’ 2020-04-06T04:00:00Z Or the idled can take the Isaac Newton approach. These are boom times for boredom and the researchers who study it 2020-03-27T04:00:00Z As one Twitter user remarked: “The next person who tweets about how productive Isaac Newton was while working from home gets my three-year-old posted to them.” Must We All Become More Creative During to the Pandemic? 2020-03-29T04:00:00Z There was a plague, so Isaac Newton went home, and for him it was an annus mirabilis, which in Latin is a “year of miracles.” Opinion | Newton formulated his theory of gravity in a time of plague. We need a miracle, too. 2020-03-20T04:00:00Z A page of scribbled calculations by Isaac Newton sold for about $21,000. A Billion-Dollar Scandal Turns the ‘King of Manuscripts’ Into the ‘Madoff of France’ 2020-02-21T05:00:00Z Four years later, she co-founded a film and TV production company, then, in 1993, took up the chair of astronomy at Gresham College, a post previously held by Sir Isaac Newton and Sir Christopher Wren. TV astronomer Heather Couper dies at 70 2020-02-19T05:00:00Z Measurements taken by Brahe were accurate enough to challenge fundamental astronomical conceptions and misconceptions and help pave the way for Isaac Newton’s theory of gravity and the laws of motion, Donahue says. New device in New Mexico turns back clock on astronomy 2019-12-31T05:00:00Z It’s interesting to note that Leibniz was also a mathematician and physicist; he invented differential and integral calculus at about the same time that Isaac Newton did. Can Science Rule Out God? 2019-12-23T05:00:00Z Nevertheless, I am told, at such a time, Isaac Newton sat at a country estate with an apple tree. Opinion | Newton formulated his theory of gravity in a time of plague. We need a miracle, too. 2020-03-20T04:00:00Z As with many scientific advances — Isaac Newton’s apple or Benjamin Franklin’s lightning bolt — Dr. Roh’s experiment began with a walk. Watch Bees Surf to Safety on Waves They Create 2019-11-18T05:00:00Z On the other hand, Trinity was the great mathematics college, beginning with Isaac Newton, and so on. Amartya Sen’s Hopes and Fears for Indian Democracy 2019-10-06T04:00:00Z Yet we have known since Isaac Newton that colors do not exist out there in the world. The Neuroscience of Reality 2019-08-27T04:00:00Z Sir Isaac Newton, in Query 31, a section in his 1717 work “Opticks,” listed and ranked chemical compounds according to their reactivity. Is It Time to Upend the Periodic Table? 2019-08-27T04:00:00Z All kinds of lofty things entered the brain of Isaac Newton, some of them traveling great distances, and when he emerged, science was permanently different. Opinion | Newton formulated his theory of gravity in a time of plague. We need a miracle, too. 2020-03-20T04:00:00Z Pressed by his contemporaries to explain how gravity works, Isaac Newton responded: “I frame no hypotheses.” The Search for Truth in Physics 2019-08-26T04:00:00Z Coined by Isaac Newton in 1672 to describe refractions of light, today referencing a “spectrum” is almost always shorthand for acknowledging a metaphorical range of nuances. Does thinking about things 'on a spectrum' make us more enlightened? 2019-07-30T04:00:00Z In his work on physical sciences, Leonardo was heir to medieval theories of statics and dynamics; Isaac Newton was still far away. Leonardo da Vinci’s laboratory: studies in flow 2019-07-15T04:00:00Z Would the results be in agreement with Einstein’s new theory or more in line with the long-trusted theories of Isaac Newton? Review | How Einstein’s science defied nationalism and crossed borders 2019-06-20T04:00:00Z Such was the life of Isaac Newton during the plague year. Opinion | Newton formulated his theory of gravity in a time of plague. We need a miracle, too. 2020-03-20T04:00:00Z The drama puts Einstein in historical context, exploring the struggles of other figures such as scientist Isaac Newton and mathematician David Hilbert. Have the time of your life with Einstein, relativity and a unique play on PBS 2019-05-23T04:00:00Z Isaac Newton wrote to natural philosopher Robert Hooke that he had seen further than others only by standing on the shoulders of giants. The forgotten scientists who paved the way to the double helix 2019-04-15T04:00:00Z In “Isaac’s Eye,” from 2013, Isaac Newton and his scientific elder Robert Hooke spar over the nature of light. Lucas Hnath Lets Actors Fight It Out Onstage 2019-04-15T04:00:00Z Isaac Newton realized the physics concept of escape velocity, meaning the speed at which a projectile must move to escape the gravitational pull of the object to which it is bound. Humanity's 236-year path to seeing a black hole 2019-04-10T04:00:00Z This is one advantage I possess over Isaac Newton. Opinion | Newton formulated his theory of gravity in a time of plague. We need a miracle, too. 2020-03-20T04:00:00Z Eighteenth-century orreries presumed they were, even as Isaac Newton realized that in a system of more than two orbiting bodies, the gravitational interactions between them would send them careening apart or tumbling into one another. A Geological "Orrery" Could Reveal Planetary Dynamics in Deep Time 2019-04-09T04:00:00Z Isaac Newton and Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz both “died in excruciating pain while suffering from calculi — a bladder stone for Newton, a kidney stone for Leibniz”. Daily briefing: A romp through the history of calculus 2019-04-04T04:00:00Z Midway through Infinite Powers, Steven Strogatz writes that Isaac Newton and Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz both “died in excruciating pain while suffering from calculi — a bladder stone for Newton, a kidney stone for Leibniz”. From counting with stones to artificial intelligence: the story of calculus 2019-04-01T04:00:00Z Leary once called his friend “a veritable Isaac Newton of the mind.” Ketamine, a new antidepressant, has been blowing minds for decades 2019-03-07T05:00:00Z Most of these sports also recruit gravity to assist: if you’re on a bobsled, Isaac Newton is doing most of the work. Sweden, Home to the World’s Oldest Cross-Country Ski Race, Confronts a Changing Climate 2019-03-05T05:00:00Z Much of this success at forecasting begins with Isaac Newton’s fundamental insight that there are unchanging universal laws that govern the natural phenomena around us. Why it’s so difficult for scientists to predict the next outbreak of a dangerous disease 2019-02-19T05:00:00Z “To paraphrase Sir Isaac Newton, if I had vision it was because I stood on the shoulders of giants.” Sheriff’s 50 years of police work fun, sad, nerve-wracking 2019-02-16T05:00:00Z For example, in his early optical experiments, Isaac Newton cut a hole in his shutters to cast a beam of light. Stewpots and string: how scientists make do 2019-02-11T05:00:00Z In 1990, he became Master of Trinity College and the inaugural director of the Isaac Newton Institute for Mathematical Sciences in Cambridge. Michael F. Atiyah (1929–2019) 2019-01-31T05:00:00Z Sir Isaac Newton criticized the ancient Egyptians for the “vanity” of their own calendrical reckoning, which placed the beginning of their monarchy before the existence of the world. Is Ancient DNA Research Revealing New Truths — or Falling Into Old Traps? 2019-01-17T05:00:00Z Another speaker, a scientist from a university in southern Tamil Nadu state, also raised eyebrows by questioning the breakthroughs of Isaac Newton and Albert Einstein. India outcry after scientists claim ancient Hindus invented stem cell research 2019-01-06T05:00:00Z But it wasn't until Isaac Newton identified gravity in the 18th Century that we began to understand its effect on tides. Dark side of the Moon: Music, myths and aliens 2019-01-03T05:00:00Z Isaac Newton cut a hole in his window shutters to cast a beam of light in his early optical experiments.Credit: Stewpots and string: how scientists make do 2019-02-11T05:00:00Z He was also president from 1995 to 2000 of Britain’s venerable Royal Society, the world’s oldest scientific organization, whose members have included Isaac Newton, Charles Darwin and Albert Einstein. Aaron Klug, Nobel-winning scientist who examined crystal structure, dies at 92 2018-11-24T05:00:00Z The University's library is home to some of the world's most important public records, including the original work and correspondence of Charles Darwin, and the papers of Sir Isaac Newton. Spitting Image archive given to university 2018-11-13T05:00:00Z Altogether, the items auctioned, which also included possessions of Sir Isaac Newton, Charles Darwin and Albert Einstein, were sold for more than $2.3 million. Stephen Hawking’s Wheelchair and Thesis Fetch More Than $1 Million at Auction 2018-11-09T05:00:00Z The cosmologist spent 30 years as the Lucasian professor of mathematics at Cambridge University, a post held by giants such as Isaac Newton, Charles Babbage and Paul Dirac. New £50 note: Bank of England asks public to nominate scientist 2018-11-02T04:00:00Z The online auction, hosted by Christie’s, is called On the Shoulders of Giants and features 22 items belonging to Hawking, and also manuscripts by Isaac Newton, Charles Darwin and Albert Einstein. Stephen Hawking PhD thesis and wheelchair to sell in online auction 2018-10-31T04:00:00Z The online-only sale, called On the Shoulders of Giants, also includes rare signed works from Einstein, Darwin and Sir Isaac Newton. Hawking signed thesis auction opens 2018-10-30T04:00:00Z Aside from some of Hawking's possessions being offered, possessions from other famous scientists, including Sir Isaac Newton, Charles Darwin and Albert Einstein will be included in the auction. Stephen Hawking's prized possessions up for auction 2018-10-22T04:00:00Z The items — part of a science sale that includes papers by Isaac Newton, Charles Darwin and Albert Einstein — will be on display in London for several days from Oct. Stephen Hawking wheelchair, thesis up for sale 2018-10-21T04:00:00Z The items - part of a science sale that includes papers by Isaac Newton, Charles Darwin and Albert Einstein - will be on display in London for several days from Oct. AP Exclusive: Stephen Hawking wheelchair, thesis up for sale 2018-10-21T04:00:00Z The English poet and artist William Blake was no fan of the reductionism of Isaac Newton. Revealed: the extraordinary flight of the dandelion 2018-10-16T04:00:00Z For a demonstration that overturned the great Isaac Newton’s ideas about the nature of light, it was staggeringly simple. What Does Quantum Theory Actually Tell Us about Reality? 2018-09-06T04:00:00Z His ashes are buried near the graves of Charles Darwin and Isaac Newton in the Abbey. Astronauts, atmospheres and axolotls — June’s best science images 2018-07-04T04:00:00Z On Isaac Newton’s genius: “Newton rolled up the cover of a book; he put a small glass at one end, and a large brain at the other — it was enough.” Maria Mitchell at 200: a pioneering astronomer who fought for women in science 2018-06-17T04:00:00Z “We buried Isaac Newton here eight days after he died,” said Dr. Hall, speaking in his office next to the ancient abbey. Stephen Hawking Enters ‘Britain’s Valhalla,’ Where Space Is Tight 2018-06-15T04:00:00Z His ashes will be buried at @wabbey between Isaac Newton and Charles Darwin, two other giants of Cambridge science. Ashes of Stephen Hawking buried at Westminster between the graves of Charles Darwin and Isaac Newton 2018-06-15T04:00:00Z During the ceremony his ashes will be buried alongside other great scientists like Charles Darwin and Isaac Newton. Hawking memorial service to be held 2018-06-15T04:00:00Z The professor's ashes are to be interred between Sir Isaac Newton and Charles Darwin. Hawking thanksgiving service ballot closes 2018-05-16T04:00:00Z During the service, the scientist's ashes will be interred between Sir Isaac Newton and Charles Darwin. Stephen Hawking service ballot opens 2018-05-08T04:00:00Z Hawking’s ashes are to be interred June 15 at the London church between the graves of Isaac Newton and Charles Darwin. Hawking’s family offers lottery for Westminster tickets 2018-05-08T04:00:00Z Officials said they did not agree with the groups’ request to abandon plans for a road that would connect American Dream Way and Isaac Newton Square. Metro’s Silver Line ushers in a new age for Reston, leaving residents divided 2018-04-22T04:00:00Z Don Lemons delves into the archive for powerful sketches representing ideas and results from Isaac Newton’s colour theory to the Higgs boson. Talking sense on climate change, the biology of behaviour and a prehistoric shark with a twist: New in paperback 2018-04-17T04:00:00Z Indeed, as Rovelli argues in The Order of Time, much more is illusory, including Isaac Newton’s picture of a universally ticking clock. The illusion of time 2018-04-15T04:00:00Z The Royal Society of London for Improving Natural Knowledge, founded in 1660, was led by such men as Robert Boyle and Isaac Newton, decisive figures in physics and chemistry. The Dark Side of the Enlightenment 2018-04-06T04:00:00Z Hawking’s ashes will be interred at Westminster Abbey in June, among some of the greatest scientists in history, Isaac Newton and Charles Darwin. Friends, family, public flock to funeral of physicist Stephen Hawking 2018-03-31T04:00:00Z Hawking’s ashes will be interred close to the remains of Sir Isaac Newton in Westminster Abbey on 15 June. Stephen Hawking funeral to take place in Cambridge 2018-03-31T04:00:00Z Prof Hawking's ashes will be interred next to the grave of Sir Isaac Newton at Westminster Abbey in June. Funeral of Stephen Hawking to take place 2018-03-30T04:00:00Z Stephen Hawking’s ashes will be interred at Westminster Abbey near the grave of Sir Isaac Newton during a thanksgiving service later this year, a spokesman for the abbey has said. Stephen Hawking's ashes to be buried at Westminster Abbey 2018-03-20T04:00:00Z Isaac Newton was a physicist and a theologian. Perspective | It’s hard not to be excited about Shohei Ohtani, the ‘Babe Ruth of Japan’ 2018-03-18T04:00:00Z Less enduring will be his passion for a “theory of everything”, a notion described in his 1980 lecture in Cambridge when he became Lucasian Professor of Mathematics, the chair once occupied by Isaac Newton. The world saw Stephen Hawking as an oracle. In fact, he was wonderfully human | Philip Ball 2018-03-15T04:00:00Z Mr. Hawking appeared in an episode in 1993, in a scene in which Lieutenant Commander Data plays poker with Mr. Hawking, Albert Einstein and Isaac Newton. 6 Memorable Cultural Moments Inspired by Stephen Hawking 2018-03-14T04:00:00Z His comic inclinations were often evident, including in a 1993 episode of "Star Trek: The Next Generation" when, while playing poker with a pompous Isaac Newton, he scoffed, "Not the apple story again." Pop icon Stephen Hawking took on movies, music, 'The Simpsons' and the complexities of the universe 2018-03-14T04:00:00Z In an appearance on The Big Bang Theory, Hawking noted an arithmetic mistake in Sheldon’s paper, and he played poker with Albert Einstein and Isaac Newton on the Holodeck in Star Trek: The Next Generation. Stephen Hawking was a brilliant physicist and a pop culture icon 2018-03-14T04:00:00Z In an episode of Star Trek: The Next Generation, he appeared as a hologram playing cards with Sir Isaac Newton and Albert Einstein. A brief history of Stephen Hawking's cameos 2018-03-14T04:00:00Z The University of Cambridge, where Prof Hawking completed his PhD and went on to become Lucasian Professor of Mathematics - a role also held by Isaac Newton - called him "an inspiration to millions". Tributes flood in for Stephen Hawking 2018-03-14T04:00:00Z As one of Isaac Newton’s successors as Lucasian Professor of Mathematics at Cambridge University, Hawking was involved in the search for the great goal of physics – a “unified theory.” Stephen Hawking died at age of 76 2018-03-14T04:00:00Z It was the same post that Isaac Newton held. Stephen Hawking: ‘His laboratory was the universe’ 2018-03-13T04:00:00Z As one of Isaac Newton’s successors as Lucasian Professor of Mathematics at Cambridge University, Hawking was involved in the search for the great goal of physics - a “unified theory.” Stephen Hawking, best-known physicist of his time, has died 2018-03-14T04:00:00Z For Isaac Newton, music showed up in the way he treated color. The rapper Dessa scanned her brain to fall out of love 2018-02-23T05:00:00Z Isaac Newton Farris, a nephew of King's, addressed Trump and Vice President Pence, who also attended the ceremony. On MLK Day, President Trump visits Trump golf course 2018-01-15T05:00:00Z He was accompanied by Isaac Newton Farris Jr., King’s nephew, and Ben Carson, the secretary of housing and urban development and the most prominent African-American in the Trump administration. A President Who Fans, Rather Than Douses, the Nation’s Racial Fires 2018-01-12T05:00:00Z Isaac Newton stated that a body at rest tends to stay at rest and a body in motion tends to remain in motion. Letters: Great season, bad ending for the Rams – LA Times 2018-01-12T05:00:00Z Dr. King’s nephew, Pastor Isaac Newton Farris Jr., also spoke at the ceremony and thanked the president “for taking the time to acknowledge this day.” Reporter to Trump: ‘Mr. President, are you a racist?’ 2018-01-12T05:00:00Z When Sir Isaac Newton separated white light into its prismatic colours, the effect, Keats wrote, was to “unweave a rainbow”. What makes humans inventive? 2018-01-11T05:00:00Z It was largely the work of one man, Carl Linnaeus, who was hailed as the Isaac Newton of biology. ‘A different dimension of loss’: inside the great insect die-off 2017-12-14T05:00:00Z A friend of Isaac Newton once described him as a compulsive scribbler on walls. Windmill drawing found on wall of Isaac Newton childhood home 2017-12-07T05:00:00Z Whereas Isaac Newton thought light was made up of particles, his contemporary the Dutch scientist Christiaan Huygens argued that it consisted of waves. Space-Based Test Proves Light's Quantum Weirdness 2017-10-25T04:00:00Z The geometry of its base may not be an exact square as imagined by Isaac Newton, but it is not far off. Archaeology: The wonder of the pyramids : Nature : Nature Research 2017-10-17T04:00:00Z After famously watching an apple fall from a tree, Isaac Newton recognized gravity as a fundamental force acting on all things, yet he failed to explain its origins. Watch Live Today: A Bold New View of Gravity 2017-10-04T04:00:00Z Sometimes, curiosity pulls us towards big, abstract questions about the workings of nature — Isaac Newton on gravitation, or Charles Darwin on evolution. Neuroscience: The mother lode of invention : Nature : Nature Research 2017-10-03T04:00:00Z Crucially, the master of the British mint at the time was none other than Isaac Newton. In retrospect: Gulliver's Travels : Nature : Nature Research 2017-09-26T04:00:00Z A new 50 pence coin celebrating the 375th birthday of Sir Isaac Newton is being released into circulation at his birthplace in Lincolnshire. Rare Newton coin enters circulation 2017-09-26T04:00:00Z The latest volume concerns the strange world that Albert Einstein discovered by combining James Clerk Maxwell's field theory with Isaac Newton's mechanics — a world in which moving fast makes time compress and lengths shorten. Relativity: Final ascent of physics : Nature : Nature Research 2017-09-19T04:00:00Z Halley built on work that Isaac Newton had published a few years before and, for the first time, factored gravity into his prediction of a solar eclipse. ‘There’s no power on Earth that can stop this’ 2017-08-16T04:00:00Z And now that your standing on the ceiling eating water and drinking air with me, let’s all say it out loud, once, while it’s just as real as Sir Isaac Newton’s stupid-ass apple: Wait. Is Derek Carr really moonlighting as a pop star? - Golf Digest 2017-08-15T04:00:00Z Maths has much older roots: it existed for millennia before Isaac Newton invented infinitesimal calculus as a way to lay the foundations of physics. All shook up over topology 2017-07-18T04:00:00Z Churchill was voted in 2002 as the greatest Briton of all time, surpassing Shakespeare, Charles Darwin and Isaac Newton. Winston Churchill was larger than life and a perfect character for movies and TV 2017-07-07T04:00:00Z It was when he spent five years as part of and then leading a confidential Microsoft think-tank that Bill Gates called him a modern-day Isaac Newton, according to a ViewVerge media release. Newton couple creating virtual reality software in basement 2017-07-07T04:00:00Z Could Sir Isaac Newton's revelation about gravity after an apple fell on his head, and Descartes' observation that "I think, therefore I am", be called examples of autoethnography? 'Mesearch' - when study really is all about me - BBC News 2017-05-09T04:00:00Z That is, if you apply twice the amount of force, they move twice as fast, a theory put forth by Sir Isaac Newton. How to Get Ketchup From a Bottle Without the Wait, Watery Goo and Splatter 2017-02-13T05:00:00Z The 'hero narrative' of science that honours stars such as Isaac Newton and Marie Curie often obscures the multitudes who lay the foundations — that centuries-old chain of curious minds. Medical Research: Pitching the big tent of modern microbiology : Nature : Nature Research 2017-05-02T04:00:00Z At least once every couple of days, I think about Isaac Newton and his equal and opposite reactions. Rei Kawakubo, Interpreter of Dreams 2017-04-26T04:00:00Z In the everyday world, when an object is pushed, it accelerates in the same direction as the force applied to it; this relationship is described by Isaac Newton's Second Law of Motion. Physicists observe 'negative mass' - BBC News 2017-04-19T04:00:00Z The red purse contains a £5 coin, commemorating the centenary of the House of Windsor and a 50p coin commemorating Sir Isaac Newton. Queen hands out Maundy coins in Leicester - BBC News 2017-04-13T04:00:00Z The National Portrait Gallery has a large collection of death masks of men, including historical figures such as Oliver Cromwell and Sir Isaac Newton, and artists and writers such as Turner, Constable, Rossetti and Thackeray. National Portrait Gallery buys Tracey Emin's Death Mask 2017-04-13T04:00:00Z A 50p coin will mark the achievements of mathematician Sir Isaac Newton, a one-time Master of the Royal Mint. New 12-sided pound coin to enter circulation in March - BBC News 2016-12-31T05:00:00Z Student Isaac Newton wrote all the songs and musical interludes. Shadows for smiles 2016-11-26T05:00:00Z Isaac Newton himself was a dyed-in-the-wool alchemist who wasted years trying to turn lead into gold. This space engine breaks a law of physics. But a NASA test says it works anyway. 2016-11-22T05:00:00Z Not until Isaac Newton and his ideas of gravity did anyone begin to understand the science and the influence of the sun and moon. ‘The Tide’: first-rate examination of ‘the greatest force on earth’ 2016-10-02T04:00:00Z In addition to the “genius” award, her honors included the 2014 Isaac Newton Medal from Britain’s Institute of Physics and the Commerce Department Gold Medal. Deborah Jin, government physicist who won MacArthur ‘genius’ grant, dies at 47 2016-09-20T04:00:00Z Charles Darwin, Isaac Newton and Geoffrey Chaucer all call the Abbey their final place of rest, joined by politicians like Oliver Cromwell. TRAVEL: London sites to see in two days 2016-09-14T04:00:00Z Those macroscopic rules, he said, stemmed from the systematic combination of microscopic bodies: solid, massy and hard, as Isaac Newton had put it in a phrase Dalton was fond of quoting. In retrospect: A New System of Chemical Philosophy : Nature : Nature Research 2016-08-30T04:00:00Z A century or so after Petavius’ work, Isaac Newton wrote a chronology in which he used Petavius’ system—but with a slight change in the wording, using “before” rather than the Latin “ante.” Now You Know: When Did People Start Saying That the Year Was 'A.D.'? 2016-08-31T04:00:00Z “Essentially, Isaac Newton is kind of calling the shots in certain situations,” he said. AAA Warns of Misconceptions Regarding Automatic Braking Systems 2016-08-24T04:00:00Z Brilliantly transformed in the 1831 edition, these become more sophisticated references to galvanism, the necessity of mathematics, the genius of Isaac Newton and the intoxicating delights and dangers of charismatic science lecturing. Science fiction: The science that fed Frankenstein : Nature : Nature Research 2016-07-26T04:00:00Z This month, he was posthumously awarded the Isaac Newton Medal, the highest honor for physics in Britain, for his outstanding contributions to the field. Tom Kibble, Physicist Who Helped Discover the Higgs Mechanism, Dies at 83 2016-07-19T04:00:00Z Prof Kibble has been awarded The Isaac Newton Medal by the Institute of Physics for his outstanding lifelong commitment to the field. Late scientist Tom Kibble wins award for particle work - BBC News 2016-06-30T04:00:00Z Seeing Biles next to her competition at Pacific Rims, I felt as if Isaac Newton had written a different set of laws on her behalf. Simone Biles Is the Best Gymnast in the World 2016-05-23T04:00:00Z A key precursor to the Philosopher’s stone, according to a rediscovered manuscript handwritten by legendary physicist Isaac Newton. Isaac Newton’s Lost Alchemy Recipe Rediscovered "Thanks to Mr Tahta, I became a professor of mathematics at Cambridge, a position once held by Isaac Newton." Stephen Hawking remembers best teacher - BBC News 2016-03-08T05:00:00Z These do not act according to the laws that govern the movements of much bigger objects like planets, laws that were first framed by Isaac Newton. Stephen Hawking’s second Reith Lecture: Annotated transcript - BBC News 2016-02-02T05:00:00Z So, at what is called the quantum scale, there is a fuzziness in nature, very unlike the more ordered universe described by Isaac Newton. Stephen Hawking’s Reith lecture: Annotated transcript - BBC News 2016-01-26T05:00:00Z A student reportedly from Isaac Newton Christian Academy — which has the motto: “Developing Christlike character and academic excellence” — was identified as the “worst student” by about a dozen classmates. 5 worst right-wing moments of the week — Ted Cruz gets downright creepy 2016-01-11T05:00:00Z Apple seeds from the tree that inspired Sir Isaac Newton will be used in experiments on the International Space Station by British astronaut Tim Peake. Newton's apple pips sent to Tim Peake on ISS - BBC News 2015-12-18T05:00:00Z The story begins in the 17th century, when Isaac Newton developed theories to explain motion throughout the universe. Long before Pluto, a false planet confused scientists 2015-11-30T05:00:00Z The sale will include historic first editions by some of the country's leading scientists including Sir Isaac Newton and Charles Darwin. Does the Royal Institution have a future? - BBC News 2015-11-30T05:00:00Z Einstein discovered that gravity isn’t an instantaneous force exerted by all massive objects, as Isaac Newton assumed, but a distortion of the spacetime around them. My Love Affair With Relativity 2015-11-25T05:00:00Z He excelled in science – “My heroes were Isaac Newton and Einstein,” he said. Why South African students have turned on their parents’ generation | Eve Fairbanks 2015-11-18T05:00:00Z He also held the Isaac Newton medal, bestowed in London by the Institute of Physics and named for the man sometimes described as history’s greatest scientist. Leo Kadanoff, influential physicist, dies at 78 2015-11-04T05:00:00Z Two weeks ago, students got a lesson on the laws of motion as defined by Sir Isaac Newton. Embry-Riddle students seek to inspire 5th graders 2015-11-06T05:00:00Z Einstein’s theory of relativity explains the same phenomenon, but does so with a completely different kind of structure or picture than Isaac Newton. The Hunt for Vulcan, the Planet That Wasn’t There 2015-11-04T05:00:00Z Isaac Newton, Wikipedia tells us, “is widely recognised as one of the most influential scientists of all time and as a key figure in the scientific revolution.” The Bicentennial of George Boole, the Man Who Laid the Foundations of the Digital Age 2015-11-02T05:00:00Z You are the Sir Isaac Newton of your own face: the one true discoverer of its laws of motion, its particular gravity. The Unselfie 2015-10-09T04:00:00Z For centuries, visionaries ranging from Isaac Newton to Gene Roddenberry had speculated about planets orbiting other suns, analogous to the worlds of our solar system—but it was only speculation. 20 Years Later--a Q&A with the first Astronomer to Detect an Exoplanet Around Another Sun 2015-10-06T04:00:00Z In his lifetime, Einstein changed the world, describing the workings of reality better than anyone since Isaac Newton and revealing the capabilities of the atom bomb. 25 Quotes That Take You Inside Albert Einstein's Revolutionary Mind 2015-08-27T04:00:00Z Late 19th-century natural philosophers believed that electromagnetism was more fundamental than Isaac Newton’s laws of motion and that the electromagnetic field itself should provide the origin of mass. Was Einstein the First to Invent E = mc 2 ? 2015-08-24T04:00:00Z How I yearned to show a moon rocket or a television set to wise old Isaac Newton! Well, Making water more fun to drink: The Loop 2013-10-16T04:00:00Z The equations — the basic laws of Isaac Newton — are the same ones that were used decades ago. The Long, Strange Trip to Pluto, and How NASA Nearly Missed It 2015-07-18T04:00:00Z Sir Isaac Newton gave the extraterrestrials their biggest shot in the arm when he embraced the infinite universe as the basis for his hugely influential system of physics. Our Founders, alien-obsessed: Adams and Franklin had a thing — really! — for extraterrestials 2015-07-04T04:00:00Z Prof Yablonovitch will receive the Isaac Newton Medal at an awards dinner on 5 November, where the Institute of Physics will also present a range of other awards. Creator of photonic crystals wins Newton medal - BBC News 2015-06-30T04:00:00Z "Imagine how rich Sir Isaac Newton would be if he could have patented gravity." Physics Week in Review: June 27, 2015 2015-06-27T04:00:00Z A young Sir Isaac Newton studied Sanderson at Cambridge; Washington could only hope that some logic may yet emerge from the bitter experience of turning the Senate’s chess table. Democrats Borrow From the Republican Playbook 2015-06-23T04:00:00Z It represents the scientific establishment in the UK, and its early members included Isaac Newton and Robert Hooke. The women who science forgot - BBC News 2015-06-18T04:00:00Z Isaac Newton, whose laws of motion and gravity arguably make him the most important scientist ever, bought into the South Sea Bubble of 1720. Overvalued in Silicon Valley, but Not the Word That Must Not Be Uttered 2015-05-22T04:00:00Z As Sir Isaac Newton taught us a long time ago, objects at rest tend to stay at rest and objects in motion tend to stay in motion. How to Stop Procrastinating by Using the '2-Minute Rule' 2015-04-29T04:00:00Z The idea of tunnelling from one side of the planet to the other, commonly called a gravity train, was first proposed by British physicist Robert Hooke in a letter to Sir Isaac Newton. A (Faster) Journey To The Center Of The Earth 2015-03-27T04:00:00Z Sir Isaac Newton’s third law of motion was that “for every action there is an equal and opposite reaction.” Court Strikes on Insider Trading, and Congress Lobs Back 2015-03-16T04:00:00Z Britain is the country that brought the world the Industrial Revolution and scientific breakthroughs from Isaac Newton’s work on gravity and motion onwards. Woodford's Patient Capital Backs British Innovation 2015-03-11T04:00:00Z Back in 1720, Isaac Newton, arguably the smartest human being who ever lived, intellectually knew that the South Sea Company was a fraud and a bubble. Our House Of Cards Economy 2015-03-06T05:00:00Z The concepts of inertial and gravitational mass were invented later by Isaac Newton. Feature: Drop-testing general relativity, Galileo’s way 2015-03-05T05:00:00Z At this point Weinberg goes on to examine the work of the usual suspects, the pillars of that upheaval: Nicolaus Copernicus, Johannes Kepler, Galileo and Isaac Newton. The arc of early scientific discovery 2015-02-13T05:00:00Z You wouldn't be offering Isaac Newton's birthday, is what I'm thinking.” Neil deGrasse Tyson Is on Your TV, on a Mission 2015-02-11T05:00:00Z The Labour group also suggested naming it after Sir Isaac Newton, who was born in the town. Thatcher bypass plan 'totally wrong' 2015-01-25T05:00:00Z The results were published in 1986 at book length, taking over the entirety of Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London, science’s oldest journal, the outlet for a young Isaac Newton. Sebastian Seung’s Quest to Map the Human Brain 2015-01-08T05:00:00Z As Christians celebrated the birth of Jesus Christ on Thursday, astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson noted the birth of another notable man: Sir Isaac Newton. Neil deGrasse Tyson’s Birthday Message to Sir Isaac Newton Makes Big Bang on Twitter 2014-12-27T05:00:00Z “On this day long ago, a child was born who, by age 30, would transform the world. Happy Birthday Isaac Newton b. Dec 25, 1642,” the astrophysicist wrote. Neil deGrasse Tyson Twitter trolls Christians on Christmas 2014-12-25T05:00:00Z On Christmas, Tyson tweeted, “On this day long ago, a child was born who, by age 30, would transform the world. Happy Birthday Isaac Newton b. Dec 25, 1642.” Neil deGrasse Tyson Is on Your TV, on a Mission 2015-02-11T05:00:00Z What Aristotle did for thought, Isaac Newton did for the physical world. Sometimes Being Wrong Can Be More Valuable Than Being Right 2014-11-14T05:00:00Z As Isaac Newton famously put it, today's scientists are "standing on the shoulders of giants" by relying on the work of their predecessors. Older papers are increasingly remembered—and cited 2014-11-04T05:00:00Z Situated in the orchard of Woolsthorpe Manor, it is said to have inspired Sir Isaac Newton's theory of gravity, when an apple landed on his head as he sat underneath. 'Tree of the Year' shortlist issued 2014-10-27T04:00:00Z The Christian Twitter users were not happy with the Christmas jab, as others informed Mr. Tyson that Isaac Newton was actually born on Jan. 4, 1643, under the Gregorian calendar. Neil deGrasse Tyson Twitter trolls Christians on Christmas 2014-12-25T05:00:00Z Modern physics began with a sweeping unification: in 1687 Isaac Newton showed that the disparate theories describing everything from planetary motion to tides to pendulums were all aspects of a universal law of gravitation. Garrett Lisi Explains His Grand Unified Theory 2014-10-15T04:00:00Z As no less a scientist than Sir Isaac Newton put it: “Nature is pleased with simplicity. And nature is no dummy.” SAPVoice: Was Einstein Wrong About Complexity? 2014-09-10T04:00:00Z Isaac Newton wrote it in a letter to fellow scientist Robert Hooke in 1676 - although he's not believed to have coined the phrase himself. A quiz on British history you can do in the car 2014-08-22T04:00:00Z Britain, for example, was a second-tier country until it fixed the pound to gold in the early 1700s, when Isaac Newton was Master of the Mint. India Must Make Drastic Changes In Its Monetary Policy 2014-08-18T04:00:00Z It recounts bubbles past, starting with the South Sea Co. in the early 1700s when Sir Isaac Newton lost a fortune. How Watching TV Can Decimate Your Savings 2014-08-08T04:00:00Z His friend Sir Isaac Newton was formulating his laws of gravity and motion as Halley made calculations that showed that rather than appearing from nowhere, these objects follow a predictable path around the Solar System. Can we overcome our dread of comets? 2014-08-05T04:00:00Z "It is in honour of Britain's greatest scientist, Sir Isaac Newton," he said. UK space shot's tribute to Newton 2014-07-17T04:00:00Z Isaac Newton said that every action produces an equal and opposed reaction. Brazil 1-7 Germany: the internet reacts to a World Cup humiliation 2014-07-09T04:00:00Z Sir Isaac Newton peaked even earlier, at the age of 23. Why Your Best Days May Still Be Ahead of You 2014-06-04T04:00:00Z It was not an obvious environment for Hawking, who as former Lucasian professor of mathematics held the position once occupied by Sir Isaac Newton. Stephen Hawking unveils formulae for England World Cup success 2014-05-28T04:00:00Z Besides, if it’s time to choose sides, and Sir Isaac Newton is one of the team captains, it’s not really a tough call. Pounding on the Calorie 2014-05-27T04:00:00Z The Apple logo was commissioned by Steve Jobs’, who wanted to streamline the original company logo, which depicted Isaac Newton sitting under an apple tree. Apple's Original Fruit-Colored Logo Is for Sale 2014-05-19T04:00:00Z “This is Isaac Newton screaming with joy from his grave.” | Geoffrey W. Marcy: Finder of New Worlds 2014-05-12T21:37:37Z At the age of 77 that precocious genius Sir Isaac Newton lost his shirt in the South Sea Bubble. Why Your Best Days May Still Be Ahead of You 2014-06-04T04:00:00Z For his working out of the laws of motion and gravitation, Isaac Newton would have surely gathered his prize for his monumental work Principia, published in 1687. It’s the End of Fundamental Physics... Again 2014-04-16T14:48:52Z Isaac Newton was not above dabbling in the occult. How Atheism Helped Create the Modern World [Excerpt] 2014-03-14T13:50:00Z Attributed to Isaac Newton but probably existed in some form earlier. Computers Catch Copycat Corruption 2014-02-12T12:00:00Z The alchemists counted among their number Irish-born scientist Robert Boyle, credited as one of the founders of modern chemistry; pioneering Swiss-born physician Paracelsus; and English physicist Isaac Newton. Fact or Fiction?: Lead Can Be Turned into Gold 2014-02-06T12:00:00Z It has been estimated that the corpus of scientific knowledge has doubled in size every 10 to 15 years since the days of Isaac Newton. Raw Data: New Truths That Only One Can See 2014-01-20T22:12:16Z Oddly enough, Isaac Newton understood light this way: as a stream of particles, like a series of baseballs being thrown in a straight line. Double-Slit Science: How Light Can Be Both a Particle and a Wave 2013-12-12T15:15:00.372Z Isaac Newton, the greatest of these “natural philosophers,” shared the awe felt by his contemporaries and drew similar conclusions from it. How Atheism Helped Create the Modern World [Excerpt] 2014-03-14T13:50:00Z The inescapable truth is that Isaac Newton wasn’t the flower sniffing, rosy individual our elementary teachers portrayed him to be. Why Was Isaac Newton Such A Jerk? 2013-11-04T16:53:00Z What passes for science these days differs greatly from the approach of Isaac Newton and his excellent 17th century colleagues. Whose science is it anyway? 2013-10-11T15:31:49Z The old physics of Isaac Newton is simpler than the modern quantum stuff. The 2013 Nobel prizes: Higgs’s bosuns 2013-10-10T15:00:39Z But, contrary to the mythology, even Isaac Newton, Charles Darwin and Albert Einstein worked within scientific communities, and saw their work accepted. Earth science: How plate tectonics clicked 2013-09-04T17:20:26.893Z As an old man, the Isaac Newton who had gotten the physics of the heavens right was still trying to get this rational view of Christianity right. How Atheism Helped Create the Modern World [Excerpt] 2014-03-14T13:50:00Z Per Isaac Newton, a body in motion tends to stay in motion. The Physics of Disaster: An Exploration of Train Derailments [Excerpt] 2013-07-29T17:15:10.223Z Did not Sir Isaac Newton say that "We are taller than they, because we are standing on the shoulders of giants"? Whose science is it anyway? 2013-10-11T15:31:49Z If the clue was an apple, he continued, the person could be Sir Isaac Newton or William Tell. City Room: Revisiting History Through Objects, and a Long-Gone Game Show 2013-07-22T19:05:21Z I was prompted to reread Isaac Newton's great Principia on discovering that the first time he tried to track a comet, he took careful measurements — but in the wrong part of the sky. Summer books 2013-07-11T15:50:23.720Z Charles Darwin, Linus Pauling and Isaac Newton are my heroes because their work made science interesting for me in high school and college. 30 under 30: Probing Structures at the Nanoscale 2013-06-10T12:15:00.173Z First off, on Tuesday, he addressed the dangers of speeding, invoking Sir Isaac Newton’s theories concerning velocity. Character Study: Jim Chodan Gives Lessons in Driving, and in Life 2013-04-20T02:16:14Z Extrapolating this backwards gives the origin of scientific publication as 1710, about the time of Isaac Newton. Boot up: Android's snappy start, Moore's Law on life, WhatsApp's numbers and more 2013-04-17T05:30:00Z Isaac Newton never guessed at the existence of quantum particles, but his celestial calculus freed us from the false and rigid concept of heavenly spheres. Why Brain-Mapping Efforts Matter - Even If They Don t Succeed 2013-03-18T13:45:00.420Z The key is to refuel and keep rolling: As Isaac Newton said, an extreme personal productivity body in motion tends to stay in motion. 8 Simple Steps to Extreme Personal Productivity 2013-01-14T13:46:00Z Christiaan Huygens stated that light was composed of waves while Isaac Newton argued that light was made of particles. The Chameleon of Quantum Culture: Wave-Particle Duality 2012-12-06T15:15:12.783Z Undeterred by the fact that some of the finest minds in history, including Isaac Newton hadn't solved the three-body problem, Minovitch became focused on cracking it. The maths that made Voyager possible 2012-10-23T00:23:26Z If you ever took calculus, you may recall that calculating the area under a curve was the principal focus of this advanced branch of mathematics, developed by Sir Isaac Newton. Use and Abuse of the Glycemic Index 2012-10-18T14:44:00Z Sir Isaac Newton discovered gravity while sitting under an apple tree. 5 Ways to Amp Up Your Creativity 2012-10-16T19:43:45Z Instead they obey the predictable, classical laws quantified by Isaac Newton. Bringing Schrödinger s Cat to Life 2012-10-09T18:15:11.620Z With that, the society’s librarian, Keith Moore, tall, thin with a great crown of silver hair, points to the shutter-eyed and formidable visage of Isaac Newton, an early president of the Royal Society. Royal Society Holds Firm Amid Political Challenges to Science 2012-09-03T19:06:06Z But luckily, it missed the car, just as my Isaac Newton of the parking lot had predicted. In New York, a Run-In With a Flying Eyesore of Streamer Tape 2012-07-27T09:00:04Z When Isaac Newton developed calculus and his theory of gravity, he reaped a reward far greater than stock options in a start-up or a big year-end bonus. Intense Competition Among Scientists has Gotten Out of Hand 2012-07-25T12:15:02.687Z There he sat, under a poster of Sir Isaac Newton, smiling and raising his hand to answer a question. SchoolBook: Beating Back the Math Demons 2012-07-20T14:48:05Z But Isaac Newton, too, will be very much in evidence, as athletes try to spin his physics into gold. Newton at the Games: Sports Science 2012-07-16T14:13:24Z Background Isaac Newton, a careful observer of nature, used mathematics and science to describe natural phenomena that were not understood at the time. Spinning Science: Centripetal Force Using Marbles in JELL-O 2012-07-12T14:15:00.440Z Anyone inclined to debate the meaning or significance of the calorie, in other words, is going toe to toe with Sir Isaac Newton. Fathoming the Calorie 2012-07-11T16:26:00Z The idea is much like gravity and Isaac Newton's discovery of it: Gravity was there all the time before Newton explained it. Evidence Points to New 'God Particle' 2012-07-04T14:30:00Z Isaac Newton really spent a great chunk of his life as a detective. Action Movie Featuring Isaac Newton As Detective Won't Be Outlandish Enough 2012-06-13T14:01:22Z The lives of famous scientists, such as Charles Darwin and Sir Isaac Newton, will also be studied. Tougher maths in primary schools 2012-06-11T12:47:28Z A concave mirror creates an image from this light using a design pioneered in the 17th century, by Sir Isaac Newton. The search for alien life: Twinkle, twinkle, little planet 2012-06-07T15:06:09Z History is rich with 'eureka' moments: scientists from Archimedes to Isaac Newton and Albert Einstein are said to have had flashes of inspiration while thinking about other things. Allowing the Mind to Wander Aids Creativity 2012-05-21T18:15:03.590Z A Clockwork Universe In 1687 Isaac Newton published his Principia, which enunciated the law of universal gravitation and the three laws of motion. How Physics and Neuroscience Dictate Your "Free" Will 2012-05-16T18:20:46.707Z In it, he says that the practice of IT reminds him of the practice of science before Isaac Newton incited a scientific revolution with his System of the World theory. The Startup Revolution Led by Isaac Newton, Leonardo da Vinci, Galileo and Powered by The Cloud 2012-05-16T17:43:35Z In 1701 Sir Isaac Newton proposed a scale in which the freezing-point of water was taken as zero, and the temperature of the human body as 12�. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 2 "Hearing" to "Helmond" 2012-04-25T02:00:53.567Z But he was writing during a tremendously exciting time for science — he was a bit younger than Isaac Newton — as well as pseudoscience, like alchemy. Beliefs: Gary Lachman, From Blondie to Swedenborg 2012-04-13T23:52:33Z Or maybe, Isaac Newton, sitting under an apple tree when the apocryphal falling fruit prompted his theory of gravity. Hunters of Myths: Why Our Brains Love Origins 2012-04-07T20:45:00.207Z Sir Isaac Newton was living not long ago in the parish of Soho, London. Curiosities of Puritan Nomenclature 2012-03-29T02:00:13.900Z On the question being started, Ayrton said, ‘I suppose the two first persons you would choose to see would be the two greatest names in English literature, Sir Isaac Newton and Mr. Locke?’ Winterslow Essays and Characters Written There 2012-03-27T02:00:25.647Z Sir Isaac Newton was quick to perceive that the festivals of the Church had been fixed and arranged upon the observed phenomena of the heavens, and gave a detailed list of correspondences. The Eliminator; or, Skeleton Keys to Sacerdotal Secrets 2012-03-27T02:00:23.077Z He was fond of quoting Benjamin Franklin, Isaac Newton and George Washington from memory and was meticulous about accounting for even the smallest use of company resources, like a postage stamp, for his personal business. Sanford McDonnell, Aerospace Leader, Dies at 89 2012-03-22T04:37:17Z In short, and in terms of our present theory, with Sir Isaac Newton the growth of man's personality has reached a point when it has developed a true personal relation between man and nature. The English Novel And the Principle of its Development 2012-03-21T02:00:37.123Z "How is it that you are able to make these great discoveries?" was once asked of Sir Isaac Newton, facile princeps of all philosophers, and the discoverer of the great law of universal gravitation. Astronomy: The Science of the Heavenly Bodies 2012-03-17T02:01:02.630Z Nor would I put Euclid or Sir Isaac Newton on a level with the first petit-maître we might happen to meet. Winterslow Essays and Characters Written There 2012-03-27T02:00:25.647Z This new hypothesis, known as the theory of undulations, after the great Isaac Newton had declared himself in favor of the corpuscular theory, was finally adjudged by the majority of students to be erroneous. Joseph Smith as Scientist A Contribution to Mormon Philosophy 2012-03-12T03:00:27.817Z As a correspondent example of the manner in which true greatness apologizes for its errors, we must quote a letter, lately made public, from Sir Isaac Newton to Mr. Locke. Life Without and Life Within or, Reviews, Narratives, Essays, and poems. 2012-03-05T03:00:13.070Z The principal scientific adviser to the Board of Longitude — someone to be reckoned with, as it was Isaac Newton — had said that the only solutions possible for the longitude problem would come from astronomy. | Fixes: Prizes With an Eye Toward the Future 2012-02-29T19:46:17Z Cherished with the utmost care in the rooms of the Royal Society of London is a world-famous telescope, a diminutive reflector made by the hands of Sir Isaac Newton. Astronomy: The Science of the Heavenly Bodies 2012-03-17T02:01:02.630Z If Sir Isaac Newton only gathered "pebbles on the shore" of the limitless ocean of knowledge, we may well believe that ——"Wisdom is a pearl, with most success Sought in still water." The American Gentleman's Guide to Politeness and Fashion or, Familiar Letters to his Nephews 2012-03-01T03:00:22.883Z He is a new Don Quixote! a modern Job! a second Sir Isaac Newton! Laid up in Lavender 2012-02-28T03:00:28.157Z First, here's the problem: take an object - say Isaac Newton's apocryphal apple. Meeting the man behind the boson 2012-02-24T20:31:33Z Sir Isaac Newton's corpuscular theory "explained all the phenomena of light, except one," and he actually assumed, for it "fits." Prairie Farmer, Vol. 56: No. 12, March 22, 1884 A Weekly Journal for the Farm, Orchard and Fireside 2012-02-24T03:00:26.570Z Nevertheless, only one-half of the extreme altitude contemplated by Sir Isaac Newton has yet been attained. Astronomy: The Science of the Heavenly Bodies 2012-03-17T02:01:02.630Z What a contrast, in the rate of speed, between the Isaac Newton and the first boat that steamed up the Hudson! The Evolution of Photography With a Chronological Record of Discoveries, Inventions, etc., Contributions to Photographic Literature, and Personal Reminescences Extending over Forty Years 2012-02-15T03:00:30.577Z He appeals to Isaac Newton and to Mr. Gladstone—and after mentioning these names, says, that on his side is this faith of the wisest, the best, the noblest of mankind. The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Vol. 6 (of 12) Dresden Edition?Discussions 2012-02-11T03:04:02.353Z The real founder of the present science of language was a German, Leibnitz—a contemporary of Sir Isaac Newton. The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Vol. 4 (of 12) Dresden Edition?Lectures 2012-02-11T03:03:46.253Z It all began, as did many things in modern science, with Isaac Newton. A Universe from Nothing: Einstein, the Belgian Priest and the Puzzle of the Big Bang 2012-02-10T14:45:04.437Z The great astronomer, Sir Isaac Newton, had deduced from theory, and ventured to maintain, that the earth was not a perfect globe, but a spheroid; that is, a globe flattened at the poles. Oregon and Eldorado or, Romance of the Rivers 2012-02-07T03:00:09.010Z The Isaac Newton had glided swiftly and smoothly through the waters of the Hudson, her gigantic paddle-wheels performing as many revolutions in a minute as the other’s did in twenty. The Evolution of Photography With a Chronological Record of Discoveries, Inventions, etc., Contributions to Photographic Literature, and Personal Reminescences Extending over Forty Years 2012-02-15T03:00:30.577Z Sir Isaac Newton, in his day, could have been overwhelmed by the names of the great who had preceded him. The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Vol. 6 (of 12) Dresden Edition?Discussions 2012-02-11T03:04:02.353Z Our sense-making system — like the concept of gravity before Sir Isaac Newton — is so familiar we don’t think of it as a system. How real school reform should look (or explaining water to a fish) 2012-02-04T15:00:00Z The somewhat gaudy clock and clock tower are modern, as is also the yet gaudier sun-dial often, but erroneously, ascribed to Sir Isaac Newton. Highways and Byways in Cambridge and Ely 2012-02-03T03:00:22.657Z To the students at Isaac Newton and the Manhattan Center, those mob tales are little more than a whisper, if that. | Townies: Where Lupo the Wolf Goes for Dinner 2012-02-02T02:31:14Z When he reached the wooden bridge of Queens', the bridge which Sir Isaac Newton is said to have erected without a bolt or nut, he turned round and dropped down the river again. Peter Binney A Novel 2012-01-29T03:00:10.423Z Was Isaac Newton so much greater than Humboldt—than Charles Darwin, who has revolutionized the thought of the civilized world? The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Vol. 6 (of 12) Dresden Edition?Discussions 2012-02-11T03:04:02.353Z The grave is in the north aisle of the Nave, close to the angle of the choir-screen, and a few feet from the grave of Sir Isaac Newton. Charles Darwin: His Life in an Autobiographical Chapter, and in a Selected Series of His Published Letters 2012-01-22T03:00:19.733Z It was by timing this echo, we may mention, that Sir Isaac Newton first measured the velocity of sound. Highways and Byways in Cambridge and Ely 2012-02-03T03:00:22.657Z For 30 years, he held the mathematics post at the university previously held by Sir Isaac Newton. Stephen Hawking to turn 70, defying disease 2012-01-06T00:37:03Z For 30 years, he held a mathematics post at the university previously held by Sir Isaac Newton. Stephen Hawking to turn 70, defying disease 2012-01-05T11:00:11Z Some two hundred years ago a very learned astronomer named Sir Isaac Newton lived in England. The Freedmen's Book 2012-01-05T03:00:39.763Z But they contain what is far more valuable still, the greatest addition which dynamical science had received since the grand strides made by Sir Isaac Newton and Joseph Louis Lagrange. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 8 "Haller, Albrecht" to "Harmonium" 2012-01-02T03:00:22.443Z Here is the death-mask of Sir Isaac Newton, and a reflecting telescope, on the model invented by him. Highways and Byways in Cambridge and Ely 2012-02-03T03:00:22.657Z The foregoing ideas of Sir Isaac Newton on the properties of matter are equally unintelligible, contradictory, and ridiculous. An Address to Men of Science Calling Upon Them to Stand Forward and Vindicate the Truth.... 2011-12-24T03:08:05.883Z The physical world described by Isaac Newton in the 17th century led to the Industrial Revolution of the 18th and 19th centuries. Is Technological Progress Slowing Down? 2011-12-21T22:36:37Z Sir Isaac Newton from his observatory scanned the starry canopy, and then confirmed the statement of the Hebrew poet, that 'the heavens declare the glory of God, and the firmament showeth forth His handy work.' The Man with the Book or, The Bible Among the People. 2011-12-19T03:00:47.530Z Sir Isaac Newton was then busy at the mint, devoting to the coinage those powers of intellect which were soon to astonish the world. The History of the Post Office From Its Establishment Down to 1836 2011-12-19T03:00:45.273Z As an instance of how wide a range the commodities sold at this fair covered, we may mention that Sir Isaac Newton there bought his famous prisms—three of them for �3. Highways and Byways in Cambridge and Ely 2012-02-03T03:00:22.657Z Yet Lord Bacon as a natural philosopher, and Sir Isaac Newton as a mathematician and astronomer, were eminent in the highest degree, when the age in which they lived is considered. An Address to Men of Science Calling Upon Them to Stand Forward and Vindicate the Truth.... 2011-12-24T03:08:05.883Z Then, at the instance of Rosser, he procured the works of Sir Isaac Newton, and devoted himself to the study of geometry and kindred sciences with the assiduity of a man bent on success. The Making of William Edwards or The Story of the Bridge of Beauty 2011-12-07T03:00:17.867Z As Isaac Newton showed, the intensity of light drops off with the inverse of the square of distance. Alien Cities on Pluto? Scientists Offer New Way to Search 2011-12-02T14:15:00Z Sir Isaac Newton's happy thought of having a big hole in his door for the cat and a little hole for the kitten must have first been held up to ridicule by an American. An American at Oxford 2011-12-02T03:00:19.150Z We know the habit of mind that makes men great in the sciences of this world,—that makes such men as Archimedes, or Sir Isaac Newton, or Galileo, or Ferguson the astronomer, or James Watt. Practical Religion Being Plain Papers on the Daily Duties, Experience, Dangers, and Privileges of Professing Christians 2011-11-30T03:00:13.313Z Here is the creed of Sir Isaac Newton! and who can read this, and for a moment believe that he was a Christian when he wrote it? An Address to Men of Science Calling Upon Them to Stand Forward and Vindicate the Truth.... 2011-12-24T03:08:05.883Z Although the law was first clearly and rigorously formulated by Sir Isaac Newton, the fact of the action indicated by it was more or less clearly seen by others. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 4 "Grasshopper" to "Greek Language" 2011-11-28T03:00:19.517Z He was elected secretary of the Royal Society in 1693, and succeeded Sir Isaac Newton as president of the same body in 1727. State Trials Vol. 2 (of 2) Political and Social 2011-11-24T03:00:50.470Z At the King Edward VI. grammar school Sir Isaac Newton received part of his education. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 3 "Gordon, Lord George" to "Grasses" 2011-11-13T03:00:13.177Z As Isaac Newton first showed, the intensity of light drops off with the inverse of the square of distance. Cities on Pluto? Solar System Speculation 2011-11-10T09:30:00Z It is impossible to analyze the creed of Sir Isaac Newton relative to Deity, or found any one idea upon it. An Address to Men of Science Calling Upon Them to Stand Forward and Vindicate the Truth.... 2011-12-24T03:08:05.883Z On one occasion he saw a lady perform a trick called Sir Isaac Newton's. The Legendary and Poetical Remains of John Roby author of 'Traditions of Lancashire', with a sketch of his literary life and character 2011-11-07T02:00:18.317Z While there he wrote in his sixteenth year a poem to the memory of Sir Isaac Newton, which was prefixed by Dr Pemberton to his View of Newton’s Philosophy, published in 1728. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 2 "Gloss" to "Gordon, Charles George" 2011-10-31T02:00:28.703Z He rejected the extreme pretensions of the chronology of Egypt and China, and at the same time controverted the scheme of Sir Isaac Newton as too limited. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 2 "French Literature" to "Frost, William" 2011-10-14T02:00:26.280Z The law of gravitation was discovered by Sir Isaac Newton. Great Inventions and Discoveries 2011-10-01T02:00:30.900Z Sir Isaac Newton had much pleasure in seconding the amendment. Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 105, September 2nd, 1893 2011-09-30T02:00:16.737Z Isaac Newton was positively brilliant and in many ways defined modern physics. No, Tesla Did Not Predict Faster Than Light Neutrinos 2011-09-26T17:20:12Z A hint to the answer was captured centuries ago by a man whose name emblazoned the poker chips the quants wagered with that night: Isaac Newton. How Math Whizzes Helped Sink the Economy [Book Excerpt] 2011-09-22T21:45:00.253Z Whiston, a distinguished mathematician, physicist, and astronomer of the school of Sir Isaac Newton, and his successor in the mathematical chair at Cambridge. Church History, Vol. 3 of 3 2011-09-14T02:00:43.813Z Sir Isaac Newton The operation of this law of gravitation pointed the way to the discovery of the planet Neptune, which is considered the greatest triumph of mathematical astronomy since the days of Newton. Great Inventions and Discoveries 2011-10-01T02:00:30.900Z Kepler is famous for discovering the three laws of planetary motion, laws which Isaac Newton later re-derived with his universal theory of gravitation. Kepler, Mars and the Turning Point in Astronomy 2011-09-13T17:07:58Z Isaac Newton wrote more about the Bible than he wrote about physics. The Theology of Science and the Internet 2011-09-07T12:15:36Z Then Asad moved on to study the model that Isaac Newton designed. Pakistani Recreates Newton's Telescope 2011-09-02T15:19:57Z Horsley, a distinguished mathematician and commentator on the works of Sir Isaac Newton. Church History, Vol. 3 of 3 2011-09-14T02:00:43.813Z Indeed, as Pickover notes, Isaac Newton wrote more about the interpretation of the Bible than he did about physics. The Weekly E-Reading List - 9/2/2011 2011-09-02T05:32:51Z It is the law of gravitation, discovered by Sir Isaac Newton. Popular Books on Natural Science For Practical Use in Every Household, for Readers of All Classes 2011-08-29T02:01:12.927Z On the 8th of January 1642 he closed his long life of triumph and humiliation, which just spanned the interval between the death of Michelangelo and the birth of Isaac Newton. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 4 "G" to "Gaskell, Elizabeth" 2011-08-24T02:00:20.690Z Your paragraph relates further, that Sir Isaac Newton reported an assay taken at the Tower of Wood’s metal, by which it appears, that Wood had in all respects performed his contract. Ireland in the Days of Dean Swift Irish Tracts, 1720 to 1734 2011-08-23T02:00:30.217Z Milton anticipated Sir Isaac Newton in describing the wisest “As children gathering pebbles on the shore.” The Gospel According to St. Mark 2011-08-20T02:00:14.427Z By cozenage almost incredible, Benjamin, at the age of eighteen, had been thus lured off to London; the London of Addison, Pope and Sir Isaac Newton. Benjamin Franklin; Self-Revealed, Volume II (of 2) A Biographical and Critical Study Based Mainly on his own Writings 2011-08-16T02:00:39.793Z Of all the billions that had seen apples falling, only Sir Isaac Newton observed the law of gravitation that was involved in their falling. Every Man His Own University 2011-08-04T02:00:22.623Z In a statement released Thursday, the Southern Christian Leadership Conference said Isaac Newton Farris Jr., Dr. King’s nephew, would assume the role of interim president. Howard Creecy Jr., Rights Leader, Dies at 57 2011-07-29T03:49:38Z Sir Isaac Newton.—This illustrious individual was remarkable for smoking and temporary fits of mental abstraction from all around him; frequently being seized with them in the midst of company. Nicotiana Or The Smoker's and Snuff-Taker's Companion 2011-07-29T02:00:29.353Z The old gimmick — buy one, get one free — has been expanded to include some pricing equations worthy of Isaac Newton, or at least of middle-school math class. At Stores, Making 5 for $5 a Bigger Draw Than 1 for $1 2011-07-18T02:18:42Z And yet, this was the reading which was eagerly upheld during the last century: Wetstein and Sir Isaac Newton being its most strenuous advocates. The Revision Revised 2011-07-15T02:00:18.897Z I wonder how the idea of gravitation could first have occurred to sir Isaac Newton? Conversations on Natural Philosophy, in which the Elements of that Science are Familiarly Explained 2011-07-12T02:00:28.027Z Scientists came to the conclusion that either Isaac Newton's laws were fundamentally flawed or that something else - another planet - was pulling Uranus from its expected orbit. Mystery planet 2011-07-11T09:06:38Z Perhaps the most striking example of this was Sir Isaac Newton, who was actually called a dunce, and yet the world would welcome a few other such dunces. Psychotherapy 2011-06-19T02:00:20.053Z As Isaac Newton graciously noted, by "standing on the shoulders giants". A World Ocean 2011-06-08T23:45:10.587Z It was however very hotly contended for during the last century,—Sir Isaac Newton and Wetstein being its most strenuous advocates; and it would be unfair entirely to lose sight of it now. The Revision Revised 2011-07-15T02:00:18.897Z Were we not indebted to sir Isaac Newton for the theory of attraction, I should be tempted to laugh at him for such a supposition. Conversations on Natural Philosophy, in which the Elements of that Science are Familiarly Explained 2011-07-12T02:00:28.027Z Sir Isaac Newton says: "We are to admit no more causes of things than are sufficient to explain appearances." A Few Words About the Devil And Other Biographical Sketches and Essays 2011-05-31T02:00:28.247Z Presently, Bill Newman's main research interests focus on early modern “chymistry” and late medieval “alchemy,” especially as exemplified by Isaac Newton, Robert Boyle, Daniel Sennert, and the first famous American scientist, George Starkey. Live Chat: Revisiting Alchemy in the Modern Lab 2011-05-18T18:49:55Z Who would think of regaling a circle of ladies with the beauties of Homer's Greek, or a mixed company with Sir Isaac Newton's discoveries? Martine's Hand-book of Etiquette, and Guide to True Politeness 2011-05-08T02:00:05.770Z And yet, in order to maintain this thesis, Sir Isaac Newton descended from the starry sphere and tried his hand at Textual Criticism. The Revision Revised 2011-07-15T02:00:18.897Z Other features of the last part of the seventeenth century were the immense advance in physical science under Boyle, Isaac Newton, Harvey, and others, and the rise of the newspaper press. The New Gresham Encyclopedia Volume 4, Part 2: Ebert to Estremadura 2011-04-14T02:00:56.200Z Probably few remember the original Apple logo, which featured Sir Isaac Newton sitting under a tree with the inscription ‘“Newton … A Mind Forever Voyaging Through Strange Seas of Thought … Alone.” The Evolution of Corporate Logos 2011-03-24T04:00:00Z On his return from a visit to London in 1670 he became acquainted with Isaac Newton at Cambridge, entered his name at Jesus college, and took, four years later, a degree of M.A. by letters-patent. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 4 "Finland" to "Fleury, Andre" 2011-03-20T02:00:30.697Z I tell you that Sir Isaac Newton was mistaken. The Funny Philosophers Wags and Sweethearts 2011-03-19T02:00:11.277Z The great mystery of godliness incontrovertible: or, Sir Isaac Newton and the Socinians foiled in the attempt to prove a corruption in the text 1 Tim. iii. The Revision Revised 2011-07-15T02:00:18.897Z Many scientists, including Sir Isaac Newton, have held religious views Science, for her, discovers how the god she believes in created the universe, and she welcomes every new detail of that creation. Facing the facts 2011-03-17T08:51:00Z They are woven into our folklore too: would Isaac Newton have discovered the theory of gravity had a Lincolnshire apple not fallen from a tree in his mother's garden in 1666? Save England's real apples 2011-03-14T18:30:00Z He published, when he was twenty-one, his "Essays on Heat and Light," beginning his work, like Sir Isaac Newton, when but a youth. Famous Men of Science 2011-03-08T03:00:49.717Z Your extraordinary discovery would entitle you to the honors of knighthood, and we might read of a Sir Anthony Belton as well as of a Sir Isaac Newton. The Funny Philosophers Wags and Sweethearts 2011-03-19T02:00:11.277Z Sir Isaac Newton with his mathematical and experimental proof of the sublime universal order strung on invariable secondary causes, Mather confessed, is "our perpetual Dictator." Benjamin Franklin Representative selections, with introduction, bibliograpy, and notes 2011-03-08T03:00:46.777Z Gout's roll call of misfortune includes some of the great carnivores of history: Charles Darwin, Thomas Jefferson, Isaac Newton and Henry VIII, who apparently celebrated beheadings with joints of beef. Gout, a form of arthritis, is no longer limited to the well-to-do 2011-03-07T23:34:05Z Sir Isaac Newton almost burned his cornea because he could think of no other means of understanding visual hallucinations than staring at the sun. My Body, My Laboratory 2011-03-06T05:15:00Z In the same year, 1642, in which Galileo, sad and blind, went away from the earth, Sir Isaac Newton came to make his home upon it. Famous Men of Science 2011-03-08T03:00:49.717Z The main structure was erected by Isaac Newton, who was born the year Galileo died. Gravity, by George Gamow [Special Archive Article] 2011-03-04T13:45:00.433Z It was, I believe, Sir Isaac Newton who first called attention to the circumstance that the larger a planet is, the longer will be the various stages of its existence. The Library Magazine of Select Foreign Literature All volumes 2011-03-02T03:00:25.433Z If the "General Steam Navigation Company" were to import a steamer from America like the Metropolis or the Isaac Newton, there would be a revolution in the travelling world of England. My Unknown Chum 2011-03-01T03:00:38.307Z But he attacked the views of his master, as well as those of Sir Isaac Newton on gravitation, in a work which he published in twelve octavo volumes, entitled “Moses’s Principia.” The Religion of Geology and Its Connected Sciences 2011-02-28T03:00:28.890Z On his return to England he was made President of the Royal Society, the position so ably filled by Sir Isaac Newton. Famous Men of Science 2011-03-08T03:00:49.717Z As a modification to the dearly-held formulation of gravity laid out by Isaac Newton, the theory came immediately under fire. Gassy galaxies defy dark matter 2011-02-25T17:25:27Z In one of these streets opening into Leicester Square, St. Martin's Street, Sir Isaac Newton lived for the last sixteen years of his life. The Library Magazine of Select Foreign Literature All volumes 2011-03-02T03:00:25.433Z So was the man often cited as the father of modern physics, Isaac Newton. Alchemy Renaissance 2011-02-24T17:00:00Z Sir Isaac Newton had expressed the conviction that “the admirable arrangement of the solar system cannot but be the work of an intelligent and most powerful Being.” The Religion of Geology and Its Connected Sciences 2011-02-28T03:00:28.890Z On April 16, 1705, when he was sixty-three, Queen Anne conferred the honor of knighthood upon her most illustrious subject, Sir Isaac Newton, before a distinguished company at Cambridge University. Famous Men of Science 2011-03-08T03:00:49.717Z Isaac Newton's mother was a wise woman in that she did not discourage his desire for the pursuing of his studies and for investigation. Stories of Great Men 2011-02-21T03:00:07.643Z Leicester Square had other tenants beside Sir Isaac Newton, compared with whom courtiers and gallants and fine gentlemen and ladies look very small indeed. The Library Magazine of Select Foreign Literature All volumes 2011-03-02T03:00:25.433Z Isaac Newton got caught up in the South Sea Bubble. Stephanie Flanders: 'I'm the black sheep of my family' 2011-02-20T00:05:25Z Sir Isaac Newton has said, that “the growth of new systems out of old ones, without the mediation of a divine power, seems to me apparently absurd.” The Religion of Geology and Its Connected Sciences 2011-02-28T03:00:28.890Z At Isaac Newton Middle School, the drop was nearly 39 percent. City Room: Schools Use Celebrity Wake-Up Calls to Battle Truancy 2011-02-10T22:19:02Z He was allowed by Sir Isaac Newton to print his treatise on acids. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 3 "Electrostatics" to "Engis" 2011-02-06T03:00:53.093Z With such admirable Judges as these, Sir Isaac Newton's Discourse of Fluxions is very witty, as the Machine called the Orrery was said to be very wittily contrived. An Essay on Criticism 2011-02-06T03:00:52.167Z Sir Isaac Newton substituted a ball of glass for sulphur in the electrical machine and made other not unimportant additions to electrical knowledge. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 2 "Ehud" to "Electroscope" 2011-01-29T03:00:23.777Z Sir Isaac Newton was the first to discover the use of glass as a non-conductor of electricity. Twentieth Century Socialism What It Is Not; What It Is: How It May Come 2011-01-17T03:00:51.213Z As the coinage was approved by Sir Isaac Newton, then master of the mint, it can hardly have been very bad. Irish History and the Irish Question 2011-01-16T03:00:22.640Z It seems Isaac Newton got it going, building on the work of Johannes Kepler, who in turn followed Tycho Brahe. Lost in Wikipedia 2011-01-14T09:51:07Z The binomial theorem is a celebrated theorem, originally due to Sir Isaac Newton, by which any power of a binomial can be expressed as a series. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Slice 7 "Bible" to "Bisectrix" 2010-12-20T17:12:05.780Z Moonlighting as a Conjurer of Chemicals Sir Isaac Newton was a towering genius in the history of science, he knew he was a genius, and he didn’t like wasting his time. Moonlighting as a Conjurer of Chemicals 2010-10-11T20:50:00Z He also applied information derived from earlier theorists and experimenters, including William Harvey, Isaac Newton, the inventors of the Leyden jar, and many wits who had noticed the similarity between electric sparks and lightning. Common as Air - By Lewis Hyde 2010-08-21T06:40:00Z The new scientist gained respect by his otherness: Isaac Newton, the epitome of the new man of science, was so austere and uninterested in the demands of the body that he forgot to eat. Books on Science: A History of Science, With Plenty of Side Trips 2010-06-21T20:58:00Z In the atomic domain, it superseded laws first set out by Isaac Newton a quarter of a millennium earlier and has since had an unbroken string of successes. Book Review - Quantum - By Manjit Kumar 2010-06-11T18:33:00Z "Rising prices are a narcotic that affect reasoning power up and down the line," Buffett says, adding that Isaac Newton took part in the South Sea bubble. Buffett appears before Financial Crisis Inquiry Commission in the US 2010-06-02T14:21:00Z “It was perfectly reasonable for Isaac Newton to believe in alchemy,” said Dr. Newman. Moonlighting as a Conjurer of Chemicals 2010-10-11T20:50:00Z Sir Isaac Newton even got in on the act, albeit posthumously. Space Shuttle Atlantis Lands For Final Time 2010-05-26T15:21:00Z In a yellow room the size of a closet, truancy court got going at the Isaac Newton Middle School on 116th Street before school one Friday morning this month. Attendance Court for New York City Truants 2010-04-27T15:05:00Z The newton, named after the physicist Isaac Newton, is approximately the force exerted by gravity on an apple at the Earth’s surface. Measuring small things: The force is weak with this one 2010-04-22T10:36:00Z Some 60% of nine- and 10-year-olds thought Sir Isaac Newton discovered fire, the survey for science campaign Birmingham Science City found. The Queen invented the phone, and other child misconceptions 2010-03-13T00:10:00Z Newton's apple story goes online The original version of the story of Sir Isaac Newton and the falling apple has been made available online. 2010-01-18T15:56:00Z The first specimen of a reflecting telescope was constructed by Isaac Newton in 1668. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 7 "Arundel, Thomas" to "Athens" Lyons also introduced him to Dr. Pemberton, who promised to give him an opportunity of seeing Sir Isaac Newton; but this was never fulfilled. The True Benjamin Franklin To the public he was best known as the author of the “Life of Sir Isaac Newton,” and as the inventor of the kaleidoscope. Sir James Young Simpson and Chloroform (1811-1870) Masters of Medicine One would think Sir Isaac Newton's discovery of the system of gravitation did not require a deeper reach of thought than this frivolous pun. Familiar Letters of John Adams and His Wife Abigail Adams During the Revolution with a Memoir of Mrs. Adams Sir Isaac Newton was the dominant figure in English science while Hales was developing. Rustic Sounds and Other Studies in Literature and Natural History As it was, the importance of Kepler’s generalizations was not fully appreciated until Sir Isaac Newton made them the corner-stone of his new cosmic edifice. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 7 "Arundel, Thomas" to "Athens" To Otto von Guericke we owe the application of sulphur to make the first electrical machine out of a revolving globe; to Sir Isaac Newton the suggestion of glass as affording a more mechanical construction. On the magnet, magnetick bodies also, and on the great magnet the earth a new physiology, demonstrated by many arguments & experiments In all his foreign trips his object was to learn, not to teach; he followed Sir Isaac Newton’s advice to Ashton, and let his discourse be more in queries than in assertions or disputings. Sir James Young Simpson and Chloroform (1811-1870) Masters of Medicine Two hundred years ago," began the teacher, "there lived, in England, a celebrated naturalist and mathematician, Isaac Newton. Yiddish Tales Sir Isaac Newton had promised to be a benefactor to the Royal society, but failed. Springtime and Other Essays This new Edition of Sir Isaac Newton's Opticks is carefully printed from the Third Edition, as it was corrected by the Author's own Hand, and left before his Death with the Bookseller. Opticks or, a Treatise of the Reflections, Refractions, Inflections, and Colours of Light Sir Isaac Newton had a loadstone weighing 3 grains, which he wore in a ring. On the magnet, magnetick bodies also, and on the great magnet the earth a new physiology, demonstrated by many arguments & experiments Even the simplest models and objects they exhibit in their extensive halls and galleries, expound—like Sir Isaac Newton's soap-bubble—some important principle of Science or Art. Harper's New Monthly Magazine, No. V, October, 1850, Volume I. |
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