Newton's doomsday predictions.

In his posthumously-published Observations upon the Prophecies of Daniel, and the Apocalypse of St. John, Newton expressed his belief that Bible prophecy would not be understood "until the time of the end", and that even then "none of the wicked shall understand". Referring to that as a future time ("the last age, the age of opening these things, be now approaching"), Newton also anticipated "the general preaching of the Gospel be approaching" and "the Gospel must first be preached in all nations before the great tribulation, and end of the world".

Family Man? :/

Woolsthorpe Manor

Isaac Newton (4 January 1643-31 March 1727) was an English physicist, mathematician, astronomer, natural philosopher, alchemist and theologian. Born at Woolsthorpe Manor in Woolsthorpe-by-Colsterworth, a hamlet in the county of Lincolnshire. At the time of Newton's birth, England had not adopted the Gregorian calendar and therefore his date of birth was recorded as Christmas Day, 25 December 1642. Newton was born three months after the death of his father, a prosperous farmer also named Isaac Newton.

The Calculus Controversy

Newton vs. Leibniz 

Like most discoveries, calculus was the culmination of centuries of work rather than an instant epiphany. Mathematicians all over the world contributed to its development, but the two most recognized discoverers of calculus are Isaac Newton and Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz. Although the credit is currently given to both men, there was a time when the debate over which of them truly deserved the recognition was both heated and widespread. 

Quote, unquote.

“To myself I am only a child playing on the beach, while vast oceans of truth lie undiscovered before me.”


“No great discovery was ever made without a bold guess”


“Tact is the art of making a point without making an enemy.”


“I can calculate the motion of heavenly bodies, but not the madness of people.”


“We build too many walls and not enough bridges.”


“If I have ever made any valuable discoveries, it has been due more to patient attention, than to any other talent”


“If I have seen farther than others, it is because I was standing on the shoulders of giants.”

Binomial Theorem is born!!

We have the plague to thank for the binomial theorem! In 1665, plague was raging in England, and Isaac Newton, a new (and undistinguished) graduate of the University of Cambridge, was forced to spend most of the next two years in the relative safety of his family's country manor in Woolsthorpe. It turned out that solitude and free time was just the stimulous Newton's creative brain needed. In that 18-month period of retreat, he came up with his proof and extension of the binomial theorem, invented calculus (which he called his "method of fluxions"), discovered the law of universal gravitation, and proved that white light is composed of all colors. All of this before the age of 25!