Via astronomer Salman Hameed at Irtiqa, this encouraging item from the Express Tribune about a young student in Okara, Pakistan, who built his own Newtonian telescope from scratch. A childhood ...

On this day, in 1642, Sir Isaac Newton was born. He would be 371. ... We was able to construct the first practical reflecting telescopes, a design that is known today as a Newtonian Telescope.

A curious thing happened to Isaac Newton on the way to a grand new exhibition at the New York Public Library, “The Newtonian Moment: Science and the Making of Modern Culture.” He seems to have ...

How about Isaac Newton? As we all know, he invented calculus, the theory of gravity, and Newtonian mechanics, as well as conducting pioneering work in optics.

What is wrong with Newtonian gravity? Why is general relativity better? originally appeared on Quora: the place to gain and share knowledge, empowering people to learn from others and better ...

When people say that Isaac Newton completely transformed the field of physics, they really aren't kidding. Now, we've already talked about his three laws of motion, which we use to describe how ...