try to get authentic story about Issac Newton: how did he become master of Royal Mint Factory?
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I try to share more details with my friends about Issac Newton. Anyone from Great Britain who can help me? thanks a million...
diligent hands rule....
[Isaac Newton, Warden and Master of the Royal Mint 1696-1727](https://www.royalmintmuseum.org.uk/journal/people/isaac-newton/)
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I try to share more details with my friends about Issac Newton. Anyone from Great Britain who can help me? thanks a million...
diligent hands rule....
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I try to share more details with my friends about Issac Newton. Anyone from Great Britain who can help me? thanks a million...
diligent hands rule....
There is a series of novels by Neal Stephenson collectively called The Baroque Cycle where historical figures like Newton, Leibniz, Locke, Wren and Boyle are prominent. I've heard that many of the broad strokes in their lives are true. It's a long read but worth it IMHO. The Baroque Cycle (3 book series) - Amazon[^]
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I try to share more details with my friends about Issac Newton. Anyone from Great Britain who can help me? thanks a million...
diligent hands rule....
I read this book, quite a few years ago and I still think about the things I learned about Newton. Isaac Newton (Giants of Science)[^] It is a young adult book and you may make fun of me for that ( I read it when I was 45), but it serves as a really great wide coverage of the interesting parts of his life which you can always follow further if you want to know more details. Light Made Up of All Colors I remember him creating a test to prove that light was made up of all colors (very cool) Spoiler -- he used two prisms to prove this. Very simple idea but he thought of it first. Staring At The Sun He stared at the sun so long (to study it) he went blind for a while. Many other great things revealed in that book and it won't take you long to read (126 pages) and it is very entertaining. It isn't written down to a child it just provides facts directly. Great stuff.
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I read this book, quite a few years ago and I still think about the things I learned about Newton. Isaac Newton (Giants of Science)[^] It is a young adult book and you may make fun of me for that ( I read it when I was 45), but it serves as a really great wide coverage of the interesting parts of his life which you can always follow further if you want to know more details. Light Made Up of All Colors I remember him creating a test to prove that light was made up of all colors (very cool) Spoiler -- he used two prisms to prove this. Very simple idea but he thought of it first. Staring At The Sun He stared at the sun so long (to study it) he went blind for a while. Many other great things revealed in that book and it won't take you long to read (126 pages) and it is very entertaining. It isn't written down to a child it just provides facts directly. Great stuff.
raddevus wrote:
He stared at the sun so long (to study it) he went blind for a while.
His conclusion, "Damn! but that's bright!". :)
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raddevus wrote:
He stared at the sun so long (to study it) he went blind for a while.
His conclusion, "Damn! but that's bright!". :)
"the debugger doesn't tell me anything because this code compiles just fine" - random QA comment "Facebook is where you tell lies to your friends. Twitter is where you tell the truth to strangers." - chriselst "I don't drink any more... then again, I don't drink any less." - Mike Mullikins uncle
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I read this book, quite a few years ago and I still think about the things I learned about Newton. Isaac Newton (Giants of Science)[^] It is a young adult book and you may make fun of me for that ( I read it when I was 45), but it serves as a really great wide coverage of the interesting parts of his life which you can always follow further if you want to know more details. Light Made Up of All Colors I remember him creating a test to prove that light was made up of all colors (very cool) Spoiler -- he used two prisms to prove this. Very simple idea but he thought of it first. Staring At The Sun He stared at the sun so long (to study it) he went blind for a while. Many other great things revealed in that book and it won't take you long to read (126 pages) and it is very entertaining. It isn't written down to a child it just provides facts directly. Great stuff.
raddevus wrote:
He stared at the sun so long
Reminds me of a question on a quiz I was watching on TV last night. Q: "Which star sometimes referred to as Alpha Canis Majoris, is the brightest in the night sky?" A: (from a "YouTube personality") "The Sun". :laugh:
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There is a series of novels by Neal Stephenson collectively called The Baroque Cycle where historical figures like Newton, Leibniz, Locke, Wren and Boyle are prominent. I've heard that many of the broad strokes in their lives are true. It's a long read but worth it IMHO. The Baroque Cycle (3 book series) - Amazon[^]
Very good read. I must finish it.
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I try to share more details with my friends about Issac Newton. Anyone from Great Britain who can help me? thanks a million...
diligent hands rule....
One of the things he is remembered for is using the phrase "Standing on the shoulders of giants". Newton said this in a letter to Robert Hooke about his advances in optics, “If I have seen further it is by standing on the shoulders of Giants” and it is supposedly meant to imply that he built on the work of others, but it's also widely held to be a slight at Hooke, who was of small stature, and hence not a giant. Newton famously disliked Hooke, and reputedly had his portraits removed from the premises of the Royal Society (and many, if not all, destroyed); they were great rivals, and after Hooke's death Newton went to great lengths to diminish Hooke's legacy, almost writing him out of history. Aside: many of the churches in London referred to as Christopher Wren designs are thought to actually be designs by Hooke.
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raddevus wrote:
He stared at the sun so long
Reminds me of a question on a quiz I was watching on TV last night. Q: "Which star sometimes referred to as Alpha Canis Majoris, is the brightest in the night sky?" A: (from a "YouTube personality") "The Sun". :laugh:
Richard MacCutchan wrote:
Q: "Which star sometimes referred to as Alpha Canis Majoris, is the brightest in the night sky?"
Technically, a perfectly correct answer would be "Alpha Canis Majoris", but I doubt they'd accept it! :)
