SIR ISAAC NEWTON: THE GRAVITY OF GENIUS An A&E Biography video Distributed by New Video. http://www.newvideo.com/ Approximately 50 minutes in ..
He did not publish his ideas until around 1704, 35 years later. SIR ISAAC NEWTON: THE GRAVITY OF GENIUS. In class we watched the A&E video on the life of ..
Most children idolize famous athletes, movie stars, and the like. I was different - my two idols were Albert Einstein and Isaac Newton. I still believe Newton to be the greatest genius to ever live. Certainly, I was impressed by Newton's accomplishments (the theory of gravity, calculus, the laws of motion, etc.), but I was perhaps more deeply impressed by his unsurpassed commitment to his work. When I read that he would oftentimes forget to eat while he worked days on end, I became convinced that this was the type of man I wanted to become. My own path to scientific accomplishment took a different turn when I got to college, but I still have nothing but the greatest respect for and interest in this great man of science. This is an excellent look at Newton's life, one that does not shy away from the genius' negative qualities. Newton was a complex man who struggled in terms of his relationships with human beings, living a rather reclusive life devoted solely to his work. The story of his early years helps explain his adult character. His father died before he was born, and he rarely saw his mother between the ages of 3 and 8. In school, he did not socialize with his classmates, devoting himself to his work instead. His brilliance was obvious to his instructors, though, and his mother was eventually convinced that Newton should continue his studies rather than return to run the family farm. Amazingly, many of Newton's greatest discoveries originated in an 18-month period he spent at home while Cambridge was closed down because of the plague. In private study, he discovered the refraction of light, began to recognize the principles of gravity, and basically invented the refracting telescope.Read more › BIOGRAPHY: SIR ISSAC NEWTON THE GRAVITY OF GENIUS-Was a very good DVD which I would rate at four stars. Other fine biographical films have also been made on the life of Sir Isaac, like NEWTON'S DARK SECRETS. This one was a bit less "entertaining" but filled with interesting facts and good scholarship. Unlike NEWTON'S DARK SECRETS, this film featured few special effects or colorful animations of scientific principles. THE GRAVITY OF GENIOUS restricted itself to photos, sketches, period woodcuts, and factual source materials. It is more the work of academic science historians than physicists and does not go to any efforts to provide new educational materials or illustrations of basic science. Nevertheless, if you are in for some interesting basic information on the life of Sir Isaac Newton, this is a good film for you. The film describes his single minded work as a student of physics and math, how he worked tirelessly at university forsaking all social life, and his many great early achievements. These included early studies involving motion, inventing calculus while on leave from university and his first experiments in optics. We are all aware of these facts which make Isaac Newton one of our favorite physicists. The film also described some of the darker less admirable traits of his later life which indicated that during that time when he was discovering less but publishing more, he worked to justify the status he had attained in important scientific and political circles. This often included making certain that he was recognized for the discoveries he made during his early years, regardless of the impact this had on other important scientist and mathematicians. He destroyed much of the original credit given to Hooke and Leibniz.Read more ›
Sir Isaac Newton: The Gravity of Genius. A&E and Poley. 1. What was Isaac Newton's relationship with his mother? 2. What was the effect of The Mysteries of ..
CP Physics. Mr. Poley. Videotape Worksheet. Sir Isaac Newton: The Gravity of Genius. What was Isaac Newton's relationship with his mother? What was the ..
Directed by Peter Doyle. BIOGRAPHY relates the story of Isaac Newton's life from his birth during a plague in an English village through his seminal work in mathematics...
Critical Review of Sir Isaac Newton: The Gravity of Genius. (student-written sample). More than anything this film explored Isaac Newton's life attempting to ..
