Isaac Barrow, Cambridge's first professor of mathematics, steered Newton away from the standard undergraduate texts and towards the big unsolved mathematical problems of the day, such as calculus ...

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 ...

The journey of astronomical telescopes began in the early 17th century when Galileo Galilei crafted his first refracting telescope in 1609. Although not the inventor of the telescope, Galileo was the ...

Isaac Newton, renowned scientist and devout believer, calculated the world’s end to occur in 2060, using equations derived from biblical prophecies. According to him, it marks not destruction ...

He was the greatest scientist of his day, perhaps of all time. But while Isaac Newton was busy discovering the universal law of gravitation, he was also searching out hidden meanings in the Bible ...

Sir Isaac Newton once wrote, in what must be one of ... the shores of the Baltic Sea....One astronomer cheered the coming day when aerial telescopes would have a focus of 1,000 feet and human ...

Isaac Newton (1642-1727) is celebrated as one of history's greatest scientific minds, laying the foundations of modern physics with his groundbreaking laws of motion and universal gravitation.