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

Renowned scientist Sir Isaac Newton predicted when the world would end in a letter dating back more than 300 years ago. A letter from the famous mathematician and physicist - who was best known for ...

In 18th-century France, science was a men’s club, and women were expected to be ornaments. One aristocrat, the Marquise ...

This book is the foundation for modern physics. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. A rare first edition of Isaac Newton's ...

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

Was the scientist Isaac Newton a grandfather of the American Revolution? When Newton published his revolutionary new theories of gravity and motion way back in 1687, I’m sure he didn’t expect it to ...

Sir Isaac Newton believed the pyramids at Giza held the key to the end of the world. Pyramidology is the broad pseudoscientific study of the "secrets" of the pyramids. Newton faced religious ...

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

Isaac Newton’s Mathematical Principles of Natural Philosophy (known by its shortened Latin name, the Principia) is a massive, three-volume 17th-century treatise that is one of the most influential ...