The Greatest And The Luckiest Of Mortals

Posted by timothy on Saturday October 9, 2004 @10:18PM from the what-about-the-mortalest dept.

sgant writes "So says the 18th-century French mathematician Joseph-Louis Lagrange about Sir Isaac Newton. The New York Times has a piece on 'The Newtonian Moment: Science and the Making of Modern Culture' which is a new exhibit at the NY Public Library. It includes a number of Newton's manuscripts from the Cambridge University Library, including a first edition of his most famous work, "Principia," bearing the author's corrections and additions for the next printing, have never before been shown in the United States."

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Re:'Greatest and Luckiest of Mortals' indeed by Q+Who · 2004-10-10 02:41 · Score: 0, Flamebait

Ok, moron, you got me.
What's your education?
Did you read Principia?
Re:The Indian Roots of Calculus by bondjamesbond · 2004-10-10 02:56 · Score: 0, Flamebait

yah, yah. and the Chinese flew an airplane 200 years before the Wright brothers.