Humphrey Newton, Isaac's assistant and distant relative ... delivered to his room had gone untouched. He would express surprise, walk over to the table, and eat a bite or two standing up.

Daring, eccentric and often solitary, Sir Isaac Newton and his contemporaries were God-fearing men who solemnly ... but note that he died a virgin at age 84 and that he “teetered always on the brink ...

Isaac Newton changed the way we understand the Universe. Revered in his own lifetime, he discovered the laws of gravity and motion and invented calculus. He helped to shape our rational world view.

Isaac Newton was one of the leading figures of the scientific revolution in the seventeenth century. Considered one of the greatest scientists who ever lived, Newton devoted his life to the study ...

New Scientist once described Isaac Newton as “the supreme genius and most enigmatic character in the history of science.” His three greatest discoveries — the theory of universal gravitation ...