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 ...

ISAAC NEWTON: Yo, yo, yo, I'm Isaac Newton and the year is 1667. If you don't know who I am, well then you should. I'm only one of the biggest scientists of all time. [chuckles] I'm a famous ...

IT is reported from Italy that three optical prisms formerly belonging to Sir Isaac Newton have now found a permanent resting place in the Museum of Treviso. The prisms in question were originally ...

Isaac Newton was born at Woolsthorpe in the parish of Colsterworth, Lincolnshire on Christmas Day 1642, only son of Isaac, a farmer, and his wife Hannah (Ayscough). His father died before his birth ...