Isaac Newton: The Man and his Hidden Life

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Host - Simon Whistler
Author - Steve Theunissen
Producer - Jennifer Da Silva
Executive Producer - Shell Harris
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Source/Further reading:
British Legends: The Life and Legacy of Sir Isaac Newton - Charles River Editors
Introducing Newton by William Rankin
Meet Isaac Newton by Charles Margerison

[@hfar_in_the_sky]

In some ways the most amazing thing about Newton is that he died at a ripe old age even by our standards with a well paying job he held onto for many decades. It seems like most stories of great historical intellects, philosophers, and artists end with "And then they spent their last years in poverty and died penniless and broken" or "They were tragically taken before their time by some disease or substance abuse," or "They were never appreciated during their time and it was only years after their death that their work would become well known." But Newton was like "Naw, I'm going to die rich, famous, and old."

[@R3cce]

It was quite rare for people to live to an old age in the 1600’s. Life expectancy in London was only 30-40 years at the time. But of course, there were a few exceptions. Newton was one of them who lived till age 84. Edmond halley was also born in the 1600’s and he lived for 85 years.

[@justsaymike3370]

During his quarantine he invented calculus _WHAT A CHAD_

[@juanpablogomez7600]

During quarantine I got depressed

[@78anurag]

Fr he's a true gigachad Leibniz too btw

[@Anonymous-qd3je]

He mispronounced Principia. It is Prin’kipia

[@calebbean1384]

The virgin chad, the most powerful being in history

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[@reisjonathan9]

I think it's basically the fact that we're wasting our time on a video which contains good information.

[@el.yungemperor188]

Same here ,how weird is that .

[@vjm3]

It was determined that both Newton and Leibniz had "discovered" Calculus on their own through similar means, which is kinda amazing since it's so damn useful for modern Engineering and mathematics.

[@vjm3]

@@heronimousbrapson863 Almost doesn't count. Get back to public defecation. "Superpower by 2030" lolz

[@imthecoolestguy]

@@heronimousbrapson863 sources?

[@GandhiManzano]

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[@JosephOlson-ld2td]

@Augusto Helmer > bovine excrement > Leibniz NEVER did experiments to derive Calculus, he read unpublished Principia Mathematica at the Royal Society and STOLE Newton's work

[@maxwellsequation4887]

Engineer

[@jbtechcon7434]

They left out an interesting fun fact. As Master of the Mint, Isaac Newton invented the serrations on the edges of coins. Modern coins only have them for looks, but in the days of real gold and silver coins, the serrations kept people from scraping tiny amounts of metal off the edges.

[@tdubs4522]

I thought those were for blind people?

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[@DeneF]

A fact is a fact, is a fact. There is no 'oid' involved. So annoying.

[@1101nz]

@@DeneF its OK usage when a droid mentioned the fact

[@brunsta234]

Davvy Jannes the size of the coin doesn’t tell the blind person what coin they have ?

[@dabliss101]

To me, without question, the greatest scientist ever.

[@jessefisher1809]

^Yeah... I wonder what the hell you learned at university in the 1600s when we knew so little of about the universe.

[@pcsolutionman]

Not even close to Tesla

[@coreymesham-pritchard1988]

It's hard to say, who's the best, because they all discovered/ developed/ invented something, because of their predecessors. Newton said himself that, "If I have seen farther, it is because I have stood on the shoulders of giants".

[@cjaquilino]

Keynes called Newton the last magician rather than first scientist.

[@fin9658]

There’s a lot of speculation that other people e.g. his wife did all the maths and he took the credit, but it is just speculation, so idk what to think

[@xenomorphexidious9102]

He was ahead of his time. Really nice time to upload his story for this day.

[@ignitionfrn2223]

0:50 - Chapter 1 - Formative years 2:55 - Chapter 2 - A trinity man 4:40 - Chapter 3 - The mathematician 9:20 - Chapter 4 - Clashing with church 10:45 - Mid roll ads 11:50 - Chapter 5 - Newton magnum opus 13:25 - Chapter 6 - The alchemist 14:40 - Chapter 7 - The theologian 16:20 - Chapter 8 - The public servant 18:15 - Chapter 9 - The final years

[@tyeng1295]

Undoubtedly one of the Greatest Human beings who has ever lived on planet earth His contributions to the advancement of Humanity are simply staggering

[@CrackleCat]

Newton was certainly a brave man to successfully question the "dogma" of the day. The end bought a tear to my eye.

[@cassandraralph5906]

I learned a lot about Isaac Newton's life and works today, I am most grateful to you Simon, and your team

[@gnothaevscheautonikova746]

"When asked how he had derived his laws of gravity and motion, "Newton replied: "BY THINKING OF THEM WITHOUT CEASING"....best reply in history 😀

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The answer has much gravitas

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[@Delicious_J]

Although im dyscalculic, Newton is still one of my favourite scientists because his work formed the basis of a lot of modern technology and concepts as well as what paved the way to it.

[@RankinMsP]

'Dyscalculic' 😁😁 There are more of us than you know.

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[@kaljic1]

"The test of a first-rate intelligence is the ability to hold two opposed ideas in mind at the same time and still retain the ability to function. " F. Scott Fitzgerald. Isaac Newton was a first-class first-rate genius and the greatest Alchemist in history.

[@gordonlawrence4749]

And if you really have a brain you can do a Hegel and integrate the two.

[@Dr_Do-Little]

"the greatest Alchemist in history." Not exactly sure if that!s a good or a bad thing to say about someone! 😜

[@christineparis5607]

Fitzgerald could rarely hold even one idea in his mind at a time. He definitely was the patron saint of alcoholic writers...

[@christineparis5607]

@@gordonlawrence4749 I thought you didn't use your brain to do hegel exercises?

[@tamarasauls8855]

Do you really mean Hegel or kegel? Kegel would make more sense...Hegel was a German philosopher who lived after Newton.

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Can we have a Rene Descartes episode?

[@TheDangerbreed]

yes

[@CrownArrow]

Agreed

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Deanna Jackson Yes, but how would we know.

[@jmchez]

I want to settle the argument as to why Descartes looks so arrogant in all of his portraits. Was it because he was thinking, "I'm smarter than you and I can kill you."? He was a genius and in his youth had been a mercenary, close enough to a hit man.

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Thank you, Simon. Another masterpiece presentation

[@pintopplx]

What a riddle of a man, full of differences within himself. By accepting the differences, the contradictions in ourselves, we are able to accept and comprehend the differences in others.

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Hsppy New Year ! Great video, thank you!

[@shaldar44]

Wonderful new year's gift. Thanks Simon & team! Suggest you do a video, and soon, on Emmy Noether, and her most significant contributions to mathematical physics. She also lived during interesting times and faced significant hardships.

[@gilessteve]

7:29 His work on Optics led Newton to _focus_ on... See what he did there? lol

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As usual, great work.

[@bybbah]

This my 2nd videos that I watch from youb,Sir and you truly deliver.thank you.

[@firefly6277]

Thanks man for this video, I had to make a essay on Isaac Newton and this video was so helpful!

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Waited so long for this!

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Bach, Paganini, Mozart, Vivaldi, Zelenka, Stradivari, the science behind beautiful music

[@jonp3890]

Uh, Beethoven? …HELLO!?

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Even uploading on New years eve ! Ty Simon

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[@pamelaarescurrinaga3295]

Isaac Newton is, and always will be, the most important man in human history. NEWTON INTEGRATED THE NATURAL SCIENCES Thank you for this video.

[@heronimousbrapson863]

I wonder if he was an ancestor of Wayne Newton?

[@hellsjamfleas]

@@heronimousbrapson863 He famously wasn't interested in women and never had kids. You may disbelieve that but certainly if he had secret kids they wouldn't have his name.

[@heronimousbrapson863]

@@hellsjamfleas It is believed Newton had Asberger's syndrome, so relationships would have been difficult to impossible. The Wayne Newton comment was a joke, by the way.

[@3MotionLaws]

Tubmaster 5000 It’s called Asperger’s Syndrome though.

[@andrewpytko4773]

Kepler was the better scientist. He did all the hard work.

[@baruchbobo9993]

One of the best I have heard on Newton, Thanks beautiful work.

[@reyreyes7285]

Awesome video!😎👍

[@allye5949]

Fascinating, thanks.

[@MrPoopnoddy]

How about some more of the science greats like Faraday, Lavoisier, Maxwell...please?

[@MrPoopnoddy]

@Wuhan Virus Perhaps not to you.

[@markhiggins8315]

@Wuhan Virus Clearly a nonsense comment. Without Maxwell and his equations for instance modern physics would not have developed a few dacades later to produce the breakthroughs of relativity and the quantum. theory.

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Happy new year Simon.Great work. If you're going to do more mathematicians: Everiste Galios. Also would love to see a vid on Micheal Collins the Irish Revolutionary.

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Thank you Sir Isaac for your contributions to humanity. Maybe an episode on the deposed Shah of Iran, next? That’s a pretty wild story & quite relevant to today’s happenings.

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Happy new year

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Great video, I'd love to also see one on Descarte and Blaise Pascal.

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Can you do one on Sun Tzu???

[@creemyice]

he did

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He has

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Good biographic 👍

[@BLUEGENE13]

never has there been a man that has illuminated the workings of the natural world so much as isaac newton. Isaac newton's mind was at a higher level of intelligence

[@baldwinsimpamba5256]

Sir Isaac Newton opened the door to universal

[@pinkzero281]

Archimedes: hello there

[@Kingslayer29360]

@@pinkzero281 newton is better

[@Kingslayer29360]

@@pinkzero281 not smarter maybe, but made way better discoveries than archimedes, archimedes is still very smart though

[@15past2]

@@pinkzero281 If you believe in reincarnation, they could very well be the same person!

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Very Interesting

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£1500 in 1700 is near enough £300,000 today.

[@jeancorriveau8686]

Most teenagers have a movie star, or a singer as an idol. My idol was Issac Newton. His equation for gravitation was elegant, and his invention of calculus proved his genius mind. I place Newton and Einstein on equal footing for brilliance and contribution to science.

[@martinamorgan1119]

Simon,,,,gracias,,,

[@ohmeowzer1]

Thank you

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Fantastic video on one of my heroes! Can you do one on other physics hero. Einstein, please?

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I’m a nurse and have done lots of science...and wish I had brilliant many years ago

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I would love to hear about the life and career of Dick Van Dyck

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Do Bobby Fischer! Please!!!!

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@@Kaddywompous Did he show you his bishop? 😀

[@isaacwilson5768]

Extra fun fact: because my name is Isaac, I was called Isaac Newton a ton, and that inspired me to explore physics! Thanks past Isaac!

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PROVE IT!

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@@alexandert696 how would I do that?

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I'll get my coat and leave now

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[@gaius_enceladus]

An episode on Leibniz (co-inventor of the calculus along with Newton) would be good. Cheers!

[@Paslayas]

My brother loves Newton, and insist that Newton is the father of Calculus☺️

[@PortmanRd]

But not credited as some believe he just stole from Newton's work.

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I’d love to see a biography on Philippe Petain.

[@thenobleone-3384]

I study Biology and Newton is a well respected Scientist when one looks at the history of the field of Physics. I'm not a genius but I believe in myself just like he did. Biology is my favorite subject in Science

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Hi Simon! first of, love your channel! i was wondering if you could do a episode of Augusto Pinochet?

[@TheSateef]

0:57 you said 'country of lincolnshire', LOL

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Every Action has an Equal and Opposite Reaction That is drilled into me!

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Dito One that i always say

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Objects of different mass fall toward Earth at the same rate (air friction aside). That's what is drilled into my mind since I was 8.

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your very well spoken

[@BeaBaz]

Interesting that you decided not to mention his private life? I found that aspect of his life fascinating! Keep up the good work x

[@Paslayas]

What do you know about his private life? I read that he wasn't interested in sex. Like he died a virgin.

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A New Years resolution goes in one year and out the other 😉

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ahaha

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Love your channel. Have you done Hannibal Barca yet?

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Can we have one on George Carlin?

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Good idea

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Paul S nah but maybe Dan Carlin

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Yes, they are long, but very enjoyable.

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The newtonian reflector, best optic bang for the buck, and brilliantly simple.

[@rodmunch6865]

Its nice to hear about the genuinely amazing people of history every once and a while. On many occasions, upon further research of people who I thought were heros, who invented new technology or ideas, and/or were one of a kind leaders of their time, I always end up becoming extremely disappointed when I discover who they actually were. But every now and then, I realize these people were way better than I previously thought. I wish more people were like Newton, and I aspire to be someone who truly makes a difference in the world

[@sbeallvln]

I would like to see a video on Hector Berlioz.

[@donsandsii4642]

I liked that he fought bullies and critics with his mind not his fists

[@ahmeds6421]

He was a creationist religious scientist but opposed to the doctrine of trinity. Wow what a man !

[@joshb2122]

Cool video. The music was weird though.

[@RedcoatsReturn]

A very comprehensive summary of his life and work. I would loved to have known more about Clavis and his experiments on alchemy. Today we scientist would say this was a blind alley of nonsense but what exactly did he do and find out, if anything?