Any serious science student knows about the work of Sir Isaac Newton. Back in 1687, after an encounter with a falling apple, Newton began to study the force of gravity. Newton’s work shaped the study ...

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.

The science that was repulsive to an idea of religious belief thus began to embrace religious ideas culminating with the ...

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This reveals how heavily influenced Newton was by European alchemists ... A reader who wants to understand this but is daunted by the detail of Newman’s work would do well to begin with Niccolò ...