At school, Isaac Newton developed a strong grasp of the Latin language. However, he, like other learners, likely learned only the basics of arithmetic. He went on to join Trinity College ...

Farrar, Straus and Giroux, $17.99 (48p) ISBN 978-0-374-35513-5 Lasky and Hawkes, collaborators on The Man Who Made Time Travel and other titles, provide a sensitive look at Isaac Newton.

THIS little book is based on two lectures delivered about three years ago, the first at the Newton tercentenary meeting of the Edinburgh Mathematical Society, and the second at a subsequent ...

So it may be fair to say that if it hadn’t been for Newton the alchemist, we might not have had some of the most famous discoveries from Newton the scientist.