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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?

  2. 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