Even though Isaac Newton’s experiments and observations led to the development of the color wheel during the 17th century, his revolution in the understanding and application of colors continues to ...

Naming seven colors to correspond to seven notes is “a kind of very strange and interesting thing for him to have done,” says Peter Pesic, physicist, pianist, and author of the 2014 book Music and the ...

Isaac Newton's prodigious scientific output during his self-imposed isolation at Woolsthorpe Manor included foundational work on calculus, early formulations of the theory of gravity, and significant ...