Fantasy Nobel Prizes: Isaac Newton

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The story of how Newton came up with his gravitational theory is one of the most familiar in the history of science. He was sitting in the orchard at Woolsthorpe, thinking deep thoughts, when an apple fell from a tree. And all at once, Newton realised that the force of gravity pu ...  Show more

There have been a lot of great scientist throughout history, but Sir Isaac Newton might just take the cake. But while he was a certified genius, he was also a little screwy. Dive into the life of this fascinating chap in today's episode.

En este episodio aprenderemos sobre la vida de Isaac Newton, los grandes descubrimientos que él hizo y los muchos aportes que dio al mundo de las matemáticas y la ciencia como tal. ¿Sabías que él fue quien inventó el cálculo? ¿Sabías que Newton fue el primero en demostrar que las ...  Show more

Albert Einstein overhauled our understanding of the universe—from the sub-atomic level to beyond the edges of the cosmos. Today his ideas are in evidence everywhere, from televisions and GPS systems, to our understanding of black holes and the Big Bang. But who was Einstein as a ...  Show more