August 16, 2007 New research suggests that a key aspect of the calculus, commonly attributed to Sir Isaac Newton and Gottfried Leibnitz in the late 1600s, may in fact have been discovered more than ...

Isaac Newton's prodigious scientific output during his self-imposed isolation at Woolsthorpe Manor included foundational work on calculus, early formulations of the theory of gravity, and significant ...

Today, we celebrate the birthday of one of the most important human beings to walk the face of the Earth. On this day, in 1642, Sir Isaac Newton was born. He would be 371. Newton was a physicist and ...

The great Greek scientist, engineer and mathematician Archimedes left us two quotes that ring through the centuries. His study of levers is said to have led him to remark, “Give me a place to stand, ...

The modern world as we know it simply would not exist if not for the mind of Sir Isaac Newton. His synthesis of differential calculus and pioneering research on the nature of gravity and light are ...

NEWTON — The Akamai Foundation has given the city's public schools a $75,000 grant to help boost the Calculus Project, a district-wide program aimed at narrowing the achievement gap for low-income ...

It seems unlikely that we will ever lose our fascination for the man whom David Berlinski calls “the largest figure in the history of Western science” and the author of “the greatest of scientific ...