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the genius who decoded gravity, then spent decades chasing alchemy and Bible codes
means Sir Isaac Newton, the English mathematician and physicist (1643–1727) who formulated the laws of motion and universal gravitation; also the SI unit of force named in his honor.
from The surname Newton is plain English geography — from the Old English nīwe (new) and tūn (settlement or farmstead), literally 'the new town,' one of the most common place-names in England. The man made it immortal, and after his death the scientific world repaid the favor: in the 20th century, when the metric system needed a name for the unit of force, they borrowed his — one newton being the push needed to accelerate one kilogram by one meter per second squared. Fittingly, the apple he supposedly watched fall hits the ground with a force of about one newton.
- secret obsession
- Wrote more on alchemy than physics
- eye experiment
- Stuck a needle behind his own eyeball
- mint enforcer
- Sent counterfeiters to the gallows
- invented calculus
- Then hid it for two decades
- died wealthy
- Lost a fortune in stock bubble
isaac newton — english mathematician and physicist, 1642-1727, formulated laws of motion and universal gravitation
newton massachusetts — city in norfolk county, massachusetts, usa, named after isaac newton in 1688