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Born Dec. 25, 1642, Isaac Newton is likely best known for his conception of the theory of gravity. But there were many more layers to him: In June 1665, with the plague burning through England, Newton ...

There is a Christmas episode of The Big Bang Theory where Sheldon Cooper does what Sheldon Cooper does best. He ruins a perfectly serviceable human tradition by insisting on historical accuracy.In ...

THE genesis of this volume is explained in the preface. The Council of the Mathematical Association desired to commemorate the bicentenary of the death of Newton by a special number of the ...

When all is said and done, and you think about Power Book IV: Force, you’re going to think about Diamond Sampson. Diamond’s journey, from leaving prison to reclaiming CBI and then teaming up with ...

New year, new literary adventures. Authors Isaac Fitzgerald and Adriana Trigiani stopped by TODAY on the last day of 2025 to talk through the books they're looking forward to in the coming year. Their ...

There is a parlor game physics students play: Who was the greater genius? Galileo or Kepler? (Galileo.) Maxwell or Bohr? (Maxwell, but it's closer than you might think.) Hawking or Heisenberg? (A ...

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