Few people in the world earn the kind of fame and honours Newton earned besides registering his name in the world of science as indelibly that all the future generation would learn his discoveries as the fundamental lessons of natural science. He had to fight against heavy odds in his earlier life and overcame all […]
Writing was one of the talents of versatile Isaac Newton. The scientist and writers of that period had to write their work in their own hand. Most of them wrote in bland clerical language bereft of literacy finesse and beauty but Newton was an exception. His writing was thoughtful and well crafted like that of
That special apple tree a fruit of which seeded the idea of gravitational force in the mind of Newton have different claimants. His Grantham school claimed that the tree was bought by it and relocated to the garden of the principal of the school. But the National Trust claimed the Newton’s apple tree stood in
A famous anecdote or story about Isaac Newton is that one day he sat in the botanical garden of Cambridge University under an apple tree contemplating over the mysteries of nature when an apple fell down from the tree to land in front of him or on his head. It surprised Newton. His thinking mind
Before advent of man and after, the world has been governed by the rules of nature which may also be termed as the natural laws and principles. We also see natural laws working all the time around us but we fail to notice them because we do not possess the perceptive mind like that of
The success and the fame that Newton earned was to a large extent due to his discovery of the three principles of motion that proved the important foundation slabs upon which came up the edifice of modern physics. The motions were there ever and man was very much getting their benefit but no one was
Isaac Newton had duly become a famous name for his mathematical and scientific talent. From simple folk to gentry all knew his genius. Even the politics of that period could not ignore the scientific phenomenon and his contribution to the advancement of science. He was nominated to the British Parliament twice. He served as the
Most modern historians believe that Calculus was jointly developed by Isaac Newton and his friend cum associate Leibniz. Both incorporated new visualizations to the calculus. According to the close friends of Newton he had developed Calculus a good time before revealing it.Till 1693 he kept a lid on his research and findings and offered no
After serving for some period as a professor at Cambridge university Isaac Newton came to London in 1696. He had been appointed a warden in the Royal Mint. Three years later he was promoted to the post of the chief of the mint and till death he served on that position.According to his health Newton
Human thinking is like a churning process that produces philosophy as its butter, the elementary knowledge sublime. Curiosity and solution are the first and last stages of philosophy. In this process contemplation is a continuous exercise. Even before Newton there existed a great philosophical tradition but Boyle, Galileo and Newton channelised the thinking process towards
About the creation and life, humans are grateful to God for the priceless gift. At the same time they are fearful of its destruction. The prospect of the Doom’s day scares them. They can see a trailer of it in the form of natural calamites likes earthquakes, flood deluges, famine, droughts, tsunamis, typhoons, storms, volcanic
At that time the religious thought process had come to a point of stagnation, almost a theosophical death as even God needs constant reinventing to stay immortal in human minds. And a religion must keep evolving to stay alive in the changing social conditions, shifting political scene and advancements taking place in the other fields
A person’s midlife reveals the mature mind and his confidence in dealing with personal and professional affairs. In the earlier part of his life a man commits mistakes and learns lessons which makes him an experienced person. A wise one has rightly said ‘The actual life begins at forty’. At this stage he learns to
It will surprise the readers to know that in early years of his scientific research Isaac Newton paid a great attention to the optical science as if it were going to become his sole occupation. It was later that he revealed his versatile scientific talent in physical law. He had registered optical science as his
In 1666 Isaac Newton was appointed as a Leucacian Professor of Mathematics. Newton had by then become a famous name it the academic world. During those days a graduate of Oxford or Cambridge could be appointed only on the recommendation of Anglican Priest. However Leucacian Professor’s post carried a condition also that he would not