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The Unknown Newton

Posted by timothy on from the weight-of-the-universe dept.

An anonymous reader writes "The unknown Newton -- The genius who gave us three laws of motion wrote even more about the Apocalypse and the Whore of Babylon. Eventually, all of his work -- about 10 million words -- will be on the Web. Quote from the article: 'Yet if we go by sheer word count, physics was only one of Newton's intellectual priorities. He devoted more time to what we would now regard as non-scientific topics such as theology and alchemy, writing treatise after treatise on early church history and biblical prophecy.' An interesting note on Pythagoras and religion too. Should we consider ourselves 'Natural Philosphers' instead of Scientists?" Neal Stephenson fans may find this article a nice adjunct to Quicksilver.

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  1. Unknown Newton? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Fig, Strawberry, Raspberry and Apple... am I missing one?

    1. Re:Unknown Newton? by Squiffy · · Score: 2, Funny

      Juice.

    2. Re:Unknown Newton? by KnarfO · · Score: 2, Funny

      Wayne

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  2. Too late... by The-Bus · · Score: 2, Funny

    I already voted for The Apocalypse in this poll... Once I read some Newton maybe he can tell me for sure if the Apocalypse comes; maybe I can even decipher a HL2 release date.

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    1. Re:Too late... by Ohreally_factor · · Score: 4, Funny

      I think you might want to consult the writings of Nostrodumbass, the profit from Texas.

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  3. Neither by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    Should we consider ourselves 'Natural Philosophers' instead of Scientists.

    Number of physics laws I've come up with: 0
    Number of treatises on church history and alchemy: 0

    I don't know about the rest of slashdot ..but I certainly don't compare to Newton.

    PS> On the other hand I do have some cool 0 days to my name.

  4. 10 Million Words by monk · · Score: 4, Funny

    Looks like he inspired Mr Stephenson in more ways than one...

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  5. Re:I wonder how Newton would do on slashdot... by LiquidCoooled · · Score: 2, Funny

    I'd rather see Newton posting on here, than seeing Einstein posting on fark.

    [Amusing] Guy splits atom, spills beer! (99)

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  6. Newton's Three laws of motion: A refresher by allanc · · Score: 5, Funny

    1) Motion must not harm a human or, through inaction, allow a human to come to harm.
    2) Motion must obey all orders given by a human, except where such orders conflict with the First Law.
    3) Motion must protect its own existance, except where it would conflict with the first or second laws. ...

    It's possible I'm thinking of robots here. It's been a while since I took Physics.

    --AC

    1. Re:Newton's Three laws of motion: A refresher by JamesKPolk · · Score: 4, Funny

      You're almost right.. those are Isaac's three laws alright.

  7. Re:pr0n & Newton by Finuvir · · Score: 4, Funny

    That wasn't an achievement! He was a physics nerd. It would have been a great achievement to avoid abstinence.

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