Isaac Newton | smithsonianmag.comhttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/rss/tag/isaac-newton/RSS feed for Isaac NewtonenTue, 08 Dec 2020 17:28:12 +0000Isaac Newton Thought the Great Pyramid Held the Key to the Apocalypsehttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/notes-revealing-isaac-newtons-occult-theory-great-pyramids-sold-180976478/Papers sold by Sotheby's document the British scientist's research into the ancient Egyptians and the BibleTue, 08 Dec 2020 17:28:12 +0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/notes-revealing-isaac-newtons-occult-theory-great-pyramids-sold-180976478/Stolen First Editions by Galileo, Newton Discovered Beneath Floor in Romaniahttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/priceless-books-stolen-london-heist-discovered-romania-180975879/Authorities have recovered 200 rare books pilfered in a 2017 London heistTue, 22 Sep 2020 14:43:20 +0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/priceless-books-stolen-london-heist-discovered-romania-180975879/Sir Isaac Newton's Prescription for Plague? Toad Vomit Lozengeshttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/sir-isaac-newtons-plague-prescription-toad-vomit-lozenges-180975039/Handwritten notes detailing the British polymath's unsavory treatment are now up for auctionFri, 05 Jun 2020 15:58:54 +0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/sir-isaac-newtons-plague-prescription-toad-vomit-lozenges-180975039/How 18th-Century Writers Created the Genre of Popular Sciencehttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/18th-century-writers-created-genre-popular-science-enlightenment-180971481/French writers such as Voltaire and Bernard le Bovier de Fontenelle helped shape the Enlightenment with stories of scienceWed, 13 Feb 2019 14:00:00 +0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/18th-century-writers-created-genre-popular-science-enlightenment-180971481/How Newton, Goethe, an Ornithologist and a Board Game Designer Helped Us Understand Colorhttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/smithsonian-institution/how-newton-goethe-ornithologist-and-board-game-designer-helped-us-understand-color-180969264/A new exhibition at the Cooper Hewitt Design Museum explores the kaleidoscope of figures who shaped color theoryMon, 11 Jun 2018 13:00:00 +0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smithsonian-institution/how-newton-goethe-ornithologist-and-board-game-designer-helped-us-understand-color-180969264/The Market Crash That Cost Newton a Fortunehttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/market-crash-cost-newton-fortune-180961655/The esteemed scientist wasn't the only one to fall for the first investment bubbleFri, 06 Jan 2017 14:40:00 +0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/market-crash-cost-newton-fortune-180961655/Most Expensive Science Book Sells for $3.7 Millionhttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/most-expensive-science-book-sells-37-million-180961488/An anonymous buyer paid triple the estimated sale price for this first-edition copyFri, 16 Dec 2016 19:00:04 +0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/most-expensive-science-book-sells-37-million-180961488/Isaac Newton Used This Recipe in His Hunt to Make a Philosopher’s Stonehttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/isaac-newton-used-recipe-his-hunt-make-philosophers-stone-180958709/The recently publicized document was kept in a private collection for many yearsMon, 11 Apr 2016 16:07:42 +0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/isaac-newton-used-recipe-his-hunt-make-philosophers-stone-180958709/