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Unearthing Newton’s papers

23 Oct 2014 Matin Durrani
Taken from the October 2014 issue of Physics World

The Newton Papers: the Strange and True Odyssey of Isaac Newton’s Manuscripts
Sarah Dry
2014 Oxford University Press $29.95hb 256pp

Mammoth task
When Sir Isaac Newton died early in the morning on Monday 20 March 1727 at his London home, the worl

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