Search Results for "Isaac Newton"
Medals and milestones
history of scienceEloise Barber highlights some notable examples from the Royal Society's collection of medals.
Brook the broker
history of scienceLouisiane Ferlier's cataloguing of a volume of Brook Taylor correspondence at the Royal Society sheds light on the Newton-Leibniz 'calculus controversy'.
Book dust
history of scienceLouisiane Ferlier looks at the three books donated to the Royal Society Library by mathematician Augustus De Morgan, all with intriguing inscriptions and insertions.
Gravity’s Eastern Voyage
publishingWe speak to the author, Dr Zhaoyuan Wan, to find out more about him and his recently published Notes and Records article.
Figuring the Earth
history of scienceLouisiane Ferlier introduces the first international collaborative exhibition put on by the Royal Society Library team, jointly curated with the French Académie des sciences.
Prints for Christmas!
history of scienceA look at some of the festive gift options available in the Royal Society Print Shop.
Succession
history of scienceJon Bushell tells the stories of some of the longer and shorter Presidential terms at the Royal Society - and one famous scientist who refused the job altogether.
Unnoticed Letters
publishingRobert Hooke, Isaac Newton, and the Royal Society
Moving house
history of scienceRupert Baker tells the story of the Royal Society's move in 1710 to a house in Crane Court, just off Fleet Street in the City of London.
Trouble at the Mint
history of scienceThe appointment of Isaac Newton and Edmond Halley to senior posts at the Royal Mint didn't mean that business always ran smoothly, as Virginia Mills discovers via letters in the archives of the Royal Society.
Empire of learning
history of scienceGianamar Giovannetti-Singh, a Royal Society Lisa Jardine Grant recipient, describes how early Fellows of the Society showed a profound interest in China as a source of scientific and technological knowledge.
Colour wheel
history of sciencePicture Curator Katherine Marshall takes a look at theories of colour, from Newton and Goethe to Chevreul and the Impressionists.