This week's theme centres on the world of one of our greatest scientists - Sir Isaac Newton. Discover more about his life and times, his creations, and some of the places he would have known.
Sir Isaac Newton was an English mathematician, physicist, astronomer, theologian, and author (described in his time as a "natural philosopher") who is widely recognised as one of the greatest minds and most influential scientists of all time.
Founded in 1598, the Francis Trigge Library in Grantham, Lincolnshire is the oldest public library in England, and one of the last of the great medieval chained collections. It was founded by a local clergyman who was concerned about access to knowledge by the average citizen.
Woolsthorpe-by-Colsterworth is a village in a quiet corner of Lincolnshire, near Grantham. It contains Woolsthorpe Manor, the family home of Isaac Newton, who realised the nature of gravity here, when he saw an apple fall from an apple tree in the orchard.
Devised by Isaac Newton in 1668, the reflecting telescope changed the field of astronomy forever. Instead of using several lenses as in a refracting telescope (such as the type Galileo created), a reflecting telescope uses mirrors to focus light.
There is nothing particularly new about stock market turbulence, financial crashes and questionable speculative business propositions. One of the most famous in Britain was the South Sea Bubble of 1720, which caught out a great many investors including the genius scientist Sir Isaac Newton.
Philosophiæ Naturalis Principia Mathematica - often referred to as simply the Principia - is a book published by Isaac Newton in 1687. It is regarded as one of the most important works in the history of science.
