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

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

Explore how Newton’s discoveries in physics, mathematics, and optics reshaped science and continue to influence our understanding of the universe.

Aristotle’s early insights into action and reaction anticipated complexities beyond Newton’s third law, revealing timeless wisdom.

Sir Isaac Newton, the polymath who discovered gravity in his early twenties and is credited with groundbreaking advances in calculus, physics and optics, took notes on a possible cure for the plague ...

Born Dec. 25, 1642, Isaac Newton is likely best known for his conception of the theory of gravity. But there were many more layers to him: In June 1665, with the plague burning through England, Newton ...

Brandeis University’s Robert D. Farber University Archives and Special Collections Department possesses an exceptionally rare unpublished handwritten manuscript by Sir Isaac Newton. The manuscript, a ...

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

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

Isaac Newton predicted the end of the world in a chilling letter he penned over 300 years ago. The renowned physicist who discovered the law of gravity wrote in 1704 that the world would cease to ...

The 200th anniversary of the death of Newton falls at this time. One's thoughts cannot but turn to this shining spirit, who pointed out, as none before or after him did, the path of Western thought ...