Isaac Newton changed the way we understand the Universe ... As a celebrated natural philosopher, he was a new kind of national hero. Newton laid the foundations for our scientific age.

Sir Isaac Newton once wrote, in what must be one of the most oft-quoted lines in the history of science, "If I have seen further it is by standing upon the shoulders of giants." Well, any of us ...

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 ...

Isaac Newton was one of the leading figures of the scientific revolution in the seventeenth century. Considered one of the greatest scientists who ever lived, Newton devoted his life to the study ...

IT is reported from Italy that three optical prisms formerly belonging to Sir Isaac Newton have now found a permanent resting place in the Museum of Treviso. The prisms in question were originally ...

Renowned scientist Sir Isaac Newton predicted when the world would end in a letter dating back more than 300 years ago. Also a theologian, Sir Isaac based his predictions for the end of the world ...

SIR ISAAC NEWTON:Oh get me down ... He started to think that there was some kind of invisible force that was pulling the apple and everything else towards the ground and this force was gravity.

Surprise at new animal species discovered in Ethiopia: scientist kept it in captivity for 20 years and has now released it Isaac Newton is one of the most celebrated scientists in history.