Beesker recommends 'Isaac Newton Institute' as the world's
best website on Isaac Newton
ABOUT 'ISAAC NEWTON INSTITUTE'
The
Isaac Newton Institute for
Mathematical Sciences is part of the University of Cambridge, England. It is
a national and internation visitor research institute, which runs programmes in
mathematics and the mathematical sciences.
The Institute's website contains a substantial section on Isaac Newton, who
lived from 1642 to 1727, and discovered gravity. One of the foremost scientists
of all time, Isaac Newton entered Cambridge University in 1661, was elected a
Fellow of Trinity College Cambridge in 1667, and was appointed Lucasian
Professor of Mathematics in 1669. His great work, Mathematical Principles of
Natural Philosophy, was published in 1687. Another great work, Opticks, was
published in 1704.
The website is organised into the following sections: Newton Biography, Isaac
Newton's Birthplace, Newton at Cambridge, Newton's Works, Newton's Monument, For
Younger Enquirers. There is also a downloadable audio presentation, illustrated
with still images, called Newton's Apple. It is a wacky talk about Isaac Newton
which was given at the during the 10th anniversary celebrations of the Institute
in 2002.