Monday, March 31, 2008

Isaac Newton died today – 281 years ago

Physicist, mathematician, astronomer, and author (of “Philosophiæ Naturalis Principia Mathematica” (1687)) Isaac Newton was born on January 4, 1643 in Woolsthorpe-by-Colsterworth, Lincolnshire, England. He said, “We build too many walls and not enough bridges." [Did he think that before or after the apple fell?]... Mr. Newton died on March 31, 1727 in Kensington, London, England.



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