A bit about the blog's namesake

I thought it would be a fitting start to post some information about the blog's namesake, Sir Isaac Newton.

Isaac Newton (1643-1727)

Isaac Newton was the greatest English mathematician of his generation.  He laid the foundation for differential and integral calculus.  His work in optics and gravitation make him one the greatest scientists the world has known.  He built upon the work of Kepler and Copernicus to expand the ideas of planetary motion.  It is rumoured that his idea for the concept of gravity came from an apple which fell on his head.  Whether this is true, or whether he just observed the apple falling directly towards the centre of the earth will remain a mystery.

That is the bare bones version.  For a more extensive version of Newton's life and work, please visit the following link:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isaac_Newton

I know, wikipedia is a bit of a cliche/cop-out, but the relevant information is there.  Till next time...

"If I have seen further it is by standing on the shoulders of Giants."