A huge collection of manuscripts and notes by pioneering scientist Sir Isaac Newton are being made available online by Cambridge University Library.
Isaac Newton papers archived online —
A huge collection of manuscripts and notes by pioneering scientist Sir Isaac Newton are being made available online by Cambridge University Library.
More than 4,000 pages -- just a fraction of the university's Newton archive -- have been digitized so far.
Isaac Newton papers archived online —
More than 4,000 pages -- just a fraction of the university's Newton archive -- have been digitized so far.
The collection has been painstakingly conserved and photographed, and will now be available to students and historians all over the world, via the University's digital library.
Isaac Newton papers archived online —
The collection has been painstakingly conserved and photographed, and will now be available to students and historians all over the world, via the University's digital library.
Mathematician and physicist Isaac Newton (1642-1727) described the law of gravity, developed calculus and discovered that sunlight is made up of a mixture of colours.
Isaac Newton papers archived online —
Mathematician and physicist Isaac Newton (1642-1727) described the law of gravity, developed calculus and discovered that sunlight is made up of a mixture of colours.
Newton's annotated copy of his most famous work, "Principia Mathematica," is among the works added to the online archive.
Isaac Newton papers archived online —
Newton's annotated copy of his most famous work, "Principia Mathematica," is among the works added to the online archive.
Some of the notes have been marked "Not fit to be printed" by Thomas Pellet, Newton's colleague and the executor of his works.
Isaac Newton papers archived online —
Some of the notes have been marked "Not fit to be printed" by Thomas Pellet, Newton's colleague and the executor of his works.
Grant Young, of Cambridge University Library, said the archive contained "perhaps some of the most papers and documents in the history of science."
Isaac Newton papers archived online —
Grant Young, of Cambridge University Library, said the archive contained "perhaps some of the most papers and documents in the history of science."