As her first child, Isaac inherited most of her property, making him an independently wealthy man. A more recent blow was the departure from Cambridge of John Wickins, Newton's roommate of 20 years.

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The apple that fell from the tree in front of Sir Isaac Newton’s childhood home, Woolsthorpe Manor, did not, as myth suggests, smack the great man on the head. It landed, as apples do ...

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Historian of science Bill Newman says that Isaac Newton's alchemical notebooks are ... this puzzle is no child's play—more like an enigma wrapped in a mystery riddled with a number of misleading ...

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.

Despite his poor health in childhood, he lived to be 84 years old. Newton's mother later married and gave birth to three more ...

Papers sold by Sotheby's document the British scientist's research into the ancient Egyptians and the Bible Livia Gershon Authorities have recovered 200 rare books pilfered in a 2017 London heist ...

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They're also the only distillery in the world that crafts gin flavoured by Sir Isaac Newton's apple tree. Developed in exclusive collaboration with Cambridge University Botanic Garden (CUBG), the ...

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