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The Newton Project
www.newtonproject.ic.ac.uk/index.html
The Centre for History of Science, Technology and Medicine at Imperial College London hosts The Newton Project, an impressive online resource that makes the scientist's personal papers available digitally. Search a comprehensive catalog of Newton's "nonscientific" works, read transcribed manuscripts, and view scans of the original documents.
Isaac Newton: Theology, Prophecy, Science and Religion
www.isaac-newton.org/
Professor Stephen Snobelen of the University of King's College in Nova Scotia offers a number of academic papers on Newton's personal documents. Download essays addressing Newton's theology, prophetic views, and the interaction between his science and religion.
Sir Isaac Newton
web.clas.ufl.edu/users/rhatch/pages/01-Courses/current-courses/08sr-newton.htm
Professor Robert Hatch's Web site at the University of Florida offers a biography and overview of Newton's scientific achievements. Other areas of the site include a time line of major events in Newton's life and general resources for studying the Scientific Revolution of the European Renaissance.
The Chymistry of Isaac Newton
www.dlib.indiana.edu/collections/newton
Prof. Bill Newman's site at Indiana University provides a look inside the secret science of Isaac Newton. Read transcripts of original alchemical notes, learn how to decode their cryptic symbols, and find additional Web resources on Newton's alchemy.
Newton's Views on Space, Time, and Motion
plato.stanford.edu/entries/newton-stm/
The contributions Newton made to modern science are unparalleled, but what about his contributions to the humanities? The Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy offers a different look at his seminal work.
The Calculus Page
www.calculus.org/
Confused about calculus? This comprehensive Web site offers online tutorials, tips, and techniques for studying, practice exams, and more.
"Our" Notation from Their Quarrel: The Leibniz-Newton Controversy in Calculus Texts
www1.umn.edu/ships/9-1/calculus.htm
Newton's credit as the father of calculus didn't come without controversy in his day. In this article from the University of Minnesota, explore the heated debate over the simultaneous academic claims of Newton and German mathematician Gottfried Leibniz.
The Newtonian Moment: Isaac Newton and the Making of Modern Culture
by Mordechai Feingold. Oxford University Press, 2004.
Newton's Apple: Isaac Newton and the English Scientific Renaissance
by Peter Aughton. George Weidenfeld & Nicholson, 2003.
Isaac Newton and the Scientific Revolution
by Gale Christianson. Oxford University Press, 1996.
Newton's Gift: How Sir Isaac Newton Unlocked the System of the World
by David Berlinski. Simon and Schuster, 2000.
The Principia: Mathematical Principles of Natural Philosophy
by Isaac Newton, translated by Bernard Cohen and Anne Whitman. University of
California Press, 1999.
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