Richard S. Westfall, an authority on the scientific revolution of the 17th Century and the author of the standard work on the life of Sir Isaac Newton, has died. Mr. Westfall, 72, a professor emeritus ...

AT last we have an adequate biography of Newton. Prof. More would not wish us to say it was perfect-that would have been impossible-but he has spent seven years reading the documents and considering ...

It’s not the end of the world… yet. Legendary scientist Sir Isaac Newton, best known for establishing the law of gravity, predicted the world would cease to exist in the year 2060 in a letter he ...

Did Sir Isaac Newton invent social media or was it a group of medieval harness-polishers? In the 12 th century, craftsmen of various types began to loosely (and then formally) affiliate themselves ...

CAMBRIDGE, England — Original handwritten manuscripts by Sir Isaac Newton — including the great scientist’s famous laws of motion — were published online Monday for the first time. Cambridge ...

According to one of the greatest scientific minds in history, the world is going to end in 2060. At least, that's what a rare collection of papers by Sir Isaac Newton appears to suggest, but the ...

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 ...

A WORLD-ending apocalypse will take place 35 years - according to a resurfaced letter by revolutionary scientist Sir Isaac Newton. The ominous prediction, made by the groundbreaking genius best known ...