Thursday, 19 March 2020

What happened when Isaac Newton was self-isolating

Here's a picture of Isaac Newton's famous apple tree from his home at Woolsthorpe, in the countryside near Grantham. When the plague hit Cambridge, the university students were sent home. He did his best work there. I'm working out how we can do some home experiments during this time. https://www.washingtonpost.com/history/2020/03/12/during-pandemic-isaac-newton-had-work-home-too-he-used-time-wisely/