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

Isaac Newton is known as one of the most important scientists in history, yet much of his personal life remains surprisingly ...

Over three centuries ago, the renowned physicist and mathematician Isaac Newton predicted that the apocalypse would occur in ...

While at the University of Cambridge, Newton developed his theory of gravity and the three laws of motion. In his own words, “A man can imagine things that are false, but he can only understand things ...

Isaac Newton did not just invent calculus and rewrite physics, he also tried to calculate the end of the world with the same cool confidence he brought to falling apples and planetary orbits. In ...

The University of Cambridge has digitized a portion of Isaac Newton's papers, letting anyone see the mathematics and experiments of the famed scientist. Martin LaMonica is a senior writer covering ...

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

ANDREW MOTTE'S translation of the “Principia” is not so well known as it deserves to be. It was supplied to his brother, the publisher, soon after Newton's death. One might expect it then to be no ...

While at the University of Cambridge, Newton developed his theory of gravity and the three laws of motion. In his own words, “A man can imagine things that are false, but he can only understand things ...