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 ...

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.

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.

Speaking to the magazine, Newton talks about the challenges of raising her children whilst working. She also talks about her own childhood and how her mother seemed to different to her peers’ parents.

Philip Ball tells the story of the life and ideas of Isaac Newton, who was born on Christmas Day in 1642. Philip discusses with historian of science Anna Marie Roos of the University of Lincoln ...

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 ...

Every Valley,” by Charles King, follows Handel’s path toward creating a musical masterpiece that’s still inescapable.

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 ...

All Newton saw was the abuser from his childhood. All Newton saw was his cousin. It started when Newton was about five growing up in San Jacinto, Calif. His cousin was 17 and, in the eyes of ...

Fig Newtons are a unique cookie (or cake?) with their oblong shape, fig filling, and hidden history. We dug into this treat's ...

German-born theoretical physicist Albert Einstein was considered a genius best known for developing the theory of relativity.

Isaac Newton - brilliant rational mathematician or master of the occult? This innovative biography reveals Newton as both a hermit and a tyrant, a heretic and an alchemist. Magical images mix with ...