Isaac Newton's Papers Move To The Web

[Guest]

Cambridge University has just published stunning manuscripts of Sir Isaac Newton to its digital library and made accessible free of charge.

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[king_maliken]

Well then learning Latin all these years ago with the Brothers was not such a waste after all... I'm still glad my kids did not have to through the same college as I did.

 

[blubbey]

Awesome.

 

[keczapifrytki]

No link to the papers?

 

[king_maliken]

[citation][nom]keczapifrytki[/nom]No link to the papers?[/citation]
http://cudl.lib.cam.ac.uk/collections/newton
That seems to be most of it.

 

[gm0n3y]

Strangely enough, despite Principia Mathematica being arguably the most important mathematical publication ever, Newton actually spent more time working on the pseudo-science of alchemy and its supposed link to the Christian Apocalypse. I recently finished reading Neal Stephenson's historical fiction series "The Baroque Cycle" which has a good deal about this (albeit it many of the details are purely fiction) and looking online a lot of the parts about Newton and his crazy theories are true.

 

[Guest]

Not sure which is harder to read - Latin, or Sir Isaac's handwriting. Regardless, it's great that they're releasing all this to the web.

 

[maestintaolius]

Bah, I want Leibniz's papers! Damned Netwon-biased Cambridge-ites.

 

[eddieroolz]

[citation][nom]maestintaolius[/nom]Bah, I want Leibniz's papers! Damned Netwon-biased Cambridge-ites.[/citation]

You'll get your Leibniz papers soon enough 😉