Newtons

Isaac Newton

Long-lost copy of Newton’s famous book ‘Opticks’ to be auctioned for half a million dollars

An immaculate personal copy of Isaac Newton’s book ‘Opticks’, recently found after being missing for a century, is up for auction. Newton’s illuminating treatise analyzes the fundamental nature of light and is considered one of the three major works of the Scientific Revolution on optics. The long-lost copy was discovered by a book collector David …

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Broken Gravity Concept

Are Newton’s laws of gravity wrong? The sighting intrigues researchers

Astrophysicists have made a puzzling discovery while analyzing certain star clusters. The discovery defies Newton’s laws of gravity. Instead, the observations are consistent with the predictions of an alternative theory of gravity. (Strange gravity concept art.) The finding cannot be explained by conventional hypotheses. An international team of astrophysicists has made a puzzling discovery while …

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