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By 1666, Newton had even laid the blueprints for his three laws of motion, still recited by physics students everywhere: An object will remain in a state of inertia unless acted upon by force.

Sir Isaac Newton, the polymath who ... An estimated 100,000 people died of the disease in London between 1665 and 1666, according to the British National Archives.

Sir Isaac Newton is largely renowned for watching an apple fall to the ground — in 1666. Which means that the juiciest insights into how Newton worked can come from examining his habits before ...

Similarly, when the epidemic finally burned itself out, in 1666, Newton kept on doing the same kind of work when he returned to his rooms just to the right of Trinity’s Great Gate.

Legend has it that Isaac Newton formulated gravitational theory in 1665 or 1666 after watching an apple fall and asking why the apple fell straight down, rather than sideways or even upward.

Sir Isaac Newton, the polymath who ... An estimated 100,000 people died of the disease in London between 1665 and 1666, according to the British National Archives.