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Isaac Newton
Sir Isaac Newton was an English polymath who was a mathematician, physicist, astronomer, alchemist, theologian, author and inventor. He was a key figure in the Scientific Revolution and the Enlightenment that followed. His book Philosophiæ Naturalis Principia Mathematica, first published in 1687, achieved the first great unification in physics and established classical mechanics. Newton also made…
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Born 25 December 1642 · Died 31 March 1727 · Q935
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2026· 11 entries
Fig City News: What opened, what closed, and what’s next among Newton’s places to eat
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“Propositions collected from observation of phenomena should be viewed as accurate or very nearly true until contradicted by other phenomena”
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“Qualities of bodies, which are found to belong to all bodies within experiments, are to be esteemed universal”
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“Admit no more causes of natural things than are both true and sufficient to explain their appearances”
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“Newton's line in a circumscribed quadrilateral”
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“To the same natural effect, assign the same causes”
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“The greatest scientist who ever lived was Isaac Newton...[about Principia Mathematica] By all odds it”
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“s concluding remarks on Leibniz. Thus began the bitter controversy which marred the lives of both men until Leibniz”
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“to distinctly advance every branch of mathematics then studied”
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WTVR.com: Virginia State University welcomes 1,500 freshmen with pinning ceremony featuring Cam Newton
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2025· 3 entries
Snopes.com rated the claim “An audio recording authentically captured U.S. President Donald Trump comparing Tesla CEO Elon Musk to "Isaac Neutron" rather than English physicist Isaac Newton.” Fake.
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Snopes rated the claim “An audio recording authentically captured U.S. President Donald Trump comparing Tesla CEO Elon Musk to "Isaac Neutron" rather than English physicist Isaac Newton.” Fake.
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The Guardian: Isaac Newton’s beer mug to go on show in Royal Society exhibition in London
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2024· 1 entry
The Guardian: Isaac Newton’s wealth ‘intimately connected’ with slavery, author says
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2023· 1 entry
The Guardian: The forgotten maths genius who laid the foundations for Isaac Newton
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2022· 2 entries
Published “Global burden of bacterial antimicrobial resistance in 2019: a systematic analysis” in The Lancet — cited 14,037 times.
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Published “Global burden of bacterial antimicrobial resistance in 2019: a systematic analysis” in The Lancet — cited 14,013 times.
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2021· 2 entries
Snopes.com rated the claim “The apple tree where Isaac Newton came up with the laws of gravity is still alive and flourishing in England in the orchard of Woolsthorpe Manor.” True.
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Snopes rated the claim “The apple tree where Isaac Newton came up with the laws of gravity is still alive and flourishing in England in the orchard of Woolsthorpe Manor.” True.
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2020· 3 entries
The Guardian: Isaac Newton notes almost destroyed by dog sell for £380,000
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The Guardian: Revealed: Isaac Newton’s attempts to unlock secret code of pyramids
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The Guardian: Isaac Newton proposed curing plague with toad vomit, unseen papers show
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2018· 4 entries
Published “Global, regional, and national incidence, prevalence, and years lived with disability for 354 diseases and injuries for 195 countries and territories, 1990–2017: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2017” in The Lancet — cited 11,014 times.
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Published “Global, regional, and national incidence, prevalence, and years lived with disability for 354 diseases and injuries for 195 countries and territories, 1990–2017: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2017” in The Lancet — cited 11,009 times.
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Published “Global, regional, and national age-sex-specific mortality for 282 causes of death in 195 countries and territories, 1980–2017: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2017” in The Lancet — cited 6,200 times.
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Published “Global, regional, and national age-sex-specific mortality for 282 causes of death in 195 countries and territories, 1980–2017: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2017” in The Lancet — cited 6,199 times.
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2017· 5 entries
The Guardian: Windmill drawing found on wall of Isaac Newton childhood home
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Published “Global, regional, and national incidence, prevalence, and years lived with disability for 328 diseases and injuries for 195 countries, 1990–2016: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2016” in The Lancet — cited 6,182 times.
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Published “GW170817: Observation of Gravitational Waves from a Binary Neutron Star Inspiral” in Physical Review Letters — cited 8,286 times.
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Published “GW170817: Observation of Gravitational Waves from a Binary Neutron Star Inspiral” in Physical Review Letters — cited 8,280 times.
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Published “Global, regional, and national incidence, prevalence, and years lived with disability for 328 diseases and injuries for 195 countries, 1990–2016: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2016” in The Lancet — cited 6,184 times.
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2016· 4 entries
Published “Observation of Gravitational Waves from a Binary Black Hole Merger” in Physical Review Letters — cited 11,729 times.
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Published “Global, regional, and national incidence, prevalence, and years lived with disability for 310 diseases and injuries, 1990–2015: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2015” in The Lancet — cited 5,711 times.
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Published “Observation of Gravitational Waves from a Binary Black Hole Merger” in Physical Review Letters — cited 11,744 times.
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Published “Global, regional, and national incidence, prevalence, and years lived with disability for 310 diseases and injuries, 1990–2015: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2015” in The Lancet — cited 5,706 times.
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2015· 1 entry
Recognising the global significance of the documents
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2012· 5 entries
Published “Disability-adjusted life years (DALYs) for 291 diseases and injuries in 21 regions, 1990–2010: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2010” in The Lancet — cited 6,822 times.
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Published “Years lived with disability (YLDs) for 1160 sequelae of 289 diseases and injuries 1990–2010: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2010” in The Lancet — cited 6,635 times.
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Published “Disability-adjusted life years (DALYs) for 291 diseases and injuries in 21 regions, 1990–2010: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2010” in The Lancet — cited 6,819 times.
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Published “Years lived with disability (YLDs) for 1160 sequelae of 289 diseases and injuries 1990–2010: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2010” in The Lancet — cited 6,636 times.
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With his improvements lasting until the 1770s, thereby increasing the accuracy of British coinage
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2007· 1 entry
“Judaic monotheist of the school of Maimonides”
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2005· 1 entry
A dual survey of the public and members of Britain's Royal Society asked two questions: who made the bigger overall contributions to science and who made the bigger positive contributions to humankind, with the candidate
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2003· 1 entry
Was voted as the greatest Briton in a poll conducted by BBC World, with Winston Churchill second
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2001· 1 entry
The science editor and author Clifford A
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1999· 3 entries
Snobelen wrote, that "Isaac Newton was a heretic
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Time magazine named Newton the Person of the Century for the 17th century
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An opinion poll of 100 of the day's leading physicists voted Einstein the "greatest physicist ever," with Newton the runner-up, while a parallel survey of rank-and-file physicists ranked Newton as the greatest
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1936· 1 entry
A descendant offered the papers for sale at Sotheby's
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1927· 1 entry
The astronomer James Jeans stated that he "was certainly the greatest man of science, and perhaps the greatest intellect, the human race has seen"
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1888· 1 entry
After spending sixteen years cataloguing Newton's papers, Cambridge University kept a small number and returned the rest to the Earl of Portsmouth
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1858· 1 entry
In the centre of Grantham where he went to school, prominently standing in front of Grantham Guildhall
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1757· 1 entry
“History of the Royal Society”
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1727· 12 entries
Died 1727-03-31.
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“God created everything by number, weight and measure.”
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“Variant: Truth is ever to be found in the simplicity, and not in the multiplicity and confusion of things.”
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“Opis: epitafium na grobie Izaaka Newtona w opactwie westminsterskim.”
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“Sądzę, że jest możliwe, iż Bóg na początku stworzył materię w postaci trwałych, nasyconych, twardych, nieprzenikliwych ruchomych cząstek, nadając im takie rozmiary, kształty i inne właściwości oraz proporcje w stosunku do przestrzeni, jakich wymagały cele, dla których je stworzył.”
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“Opis: gdy jedyny raz poprosił o głos w Izbie Lordów.”
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“Opis: Odpowiedź na pytanie czy dużo czasu zajęło mu sformułowanie odkrytych przez niego praw.”
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“Każdy obiekt we Wszechświecie przyciąga inny obiekt wzdłuż linii przechodzącej przez ich środki, proporcjonalnie do ich mas i odwrotnie proporcjonalnie do kwadratu odległości między nimi.”
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“Opis: parafraza zaczerpnięta z Lukana (vol. II, 10): karły umieszczone na barkach gigantów widzą więcej niż sami giganci. Słowa te są przytaczane dzisiaj jako dowód szacunku, jaki miał Newton do osiągnięć swych poprzedników; w rzeczywistości była to złośliwa uwaga poczyniona pod adresem Hooke’a, jako że ten był człowiekiem niskiego wzrostu.”
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“If I have seen further it is by standing on ye sholders of Giants.”
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“Co my wiemy, to tylko kropelka. Czego nie wiemy, to cały ocean.”
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“Truth is ever to be found in simplicity, and not in the multiplicity and confusion of things.”
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1705· 1 entry
Awarded Knight Bachelor (1705).
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1703· 1 entry
Career landmark: President of the Royal Society (1703–1727).
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1701· 1 entry
Career landmark: Member of the 1701-02 Parliament (1701–1702).
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1700· 1 entry
Career landmark: Master of the Mint (1700–1727).
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1696· 1 entry
Career landmark: Warden of the Mint (1696–1700).
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1689· 1 entry
Career landmark: Member of the 1689-90 Parliament (1689–1690).
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1669· 1 entry
Career landmark: Lucasian Professor of Mathematics (1669–1702).
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1668· 1 entry
Studied at Trinity College, Master of Arts (1667–1668).
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1665· 1 entry
Studied at Trinity College, Bachelor of Arts (1661–1665).
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1659· 1 entry
Studied at The King's School, Grantham (1655–1659).
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1642· 1 entry
Born 1642-12-25.
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