Renowned scientist Sir Isaac Newton, who discovered gravity and the laws of motion, predicted the second coming of Christ in ...

A letter from the renowned English scientist Sir Isaac Newton predicted when the world would end as we know it. The warning, ...

In the late 19th century, Karl Weierstrass invented a fractal-like function that was decried as nothing less than a “deplorable evil.” In time, it would transform the foundations of mathematics.

Revered in his own lifetime, he discovered the laws of gravity and motion and invented calculus. He helped to shape our rational world view. But Newton’s story is also one of a monstrous ego who ...

This inward, quarrelsome man, who often forgot to eat his meals, invented the calculus and laid the foundations of mechanics and optics—all in 18 "golden" months after graduating from college ...