Isaac Newton - Biography - Article Index

Encyclopedia - Isaac Newton: Encyclopedia - Isaac Newton
Sir Isaac Newton, PRS (4 January [O.S. 25 December 1642] 1643 – 31 March [O.S. 20 March] 1727) was an English physicist, mathematician,...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Isaac Newton: Encyclopedia Ii - Isaac Newton - Biography
Isaac Newton - Early years. For more details on this topic, see Isaac Newton's early life and achievements. Newton was born in Woolst...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Isaac Newton: Encyclopedia Ii - Isaac Newton - Newton Versus The Counterfeiters
Newton estimated that 20% of the coins taken in during The Great Recoinage were counterfeit. Counterfeiting was treason, punishable by de...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Isaac Newton: Encyclopedia Ii - Isaac Newton - Newton's Legacy
Newton's laws of motion and gravity provided a basis for predicting a wide variety of different scientific or engineering situations, esp...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Isaac Newton: Encyclopedia Ii - Isaac Newton - Newton's Apple
A popular story claims that Newton was inspired to formulate his theory of universal gravitation by the fall of an apple from a tree. Car...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Isaac Newton: Encyclopedia Ii - Isaac Newton - Religious Views
The law of gravity became Newton's best-known discovery. He warned against using it to view the universe as a mere machine, like a great ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Isaac Newton: Encyclopedia Ii - Isaac Newton - Enlightenment Philosophers
Enlightenment philosophers chose a short history of scientific predecessors—Galileo, Boyle, and Newton principally—as the guides and ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Isaac Newton: Encyclopedia Ii - Isaac Newton - Fictional Appearances
Isaac Newton appears in many works of fiction. He is a recurring figure in Rubrique-à-brac, a French comic strip by Marcel Gotlieb. An o...   » Read the article