"Plato is my friend - Aristotle is my friend - but my greatest friend is Truth" - Sir Isaac Newton.
Today, January 4, is Sir Isaac Newton's 370th Birthday, according to our new style calendar of today. Newton is considered as one of the greatest and most influential scientists and ingenius inventors ever lived, by many scientists worldwide - with second place occupied by…
A natural philosopher† that should be studied & comprehended in order to see the large impact he has on everyday thought as well as on science, technology, engineering and mathematics.
†The term "scientist" was not invented & used widely until nearly a century after Newton's death.
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Good work collecting all those portraits!
That was actually Deo Volente’s hardwork. I just clicked “reblog”.