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 ...

Isaac Newton is known as one of the most important scientists in history, yet much of his personal life remains surprisingly unknown. He is remembered for gravity, the laws of motion, and calculus, ...

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University’s Robert D. Farber University Archives and Special Collections Department possesses an exceptionally rare unpublished handwritten manuscript by Sir Isaac Newton.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

The last major private repository of manuscripts and correspondence by Isaac Newton and his circle was held in the extraordinary library at Shirburn Castle in Oxfordshire, UK, seat of the earls of ...