Isaac Newton
Woolsthorpe (Lincolnshire) 1642 - London 1727
The Newton Project is a non-profit organization dedicated to publishing in full an online edition of all of Sir Isaac Newton’s (1642–1727) writings – whether they were printed or not. The edition presents a full (diplomatic) rendition featuring all the amendments Newton made to his own texts or a more readable (normalised) version. We also make available translations of his most important Latin religious texts.
Although Newton is best known for his theory of universal gravitation and discovery of calculus, his interests were much broader than is usually appreciated. In addition to his celebrated scientific and mathematical writings, Newton also wrote many alchemical and religious texts and he left many administrative papers in his role as Warden and then Master of the Mint.
Bibliography: G. Smith, Isaac Newton, Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy; ibid., Newton's Philosophiae Naturalis Principia Mathematica, op. cit.; A. Janiak, Newton's Philosophy, op. cit.; R. Rynasiewicz, Newton's views on space, time, and motion, op. cit.