The story of Isaac Newton's life. He discovered gravity, and the laws of motion that underpin much of modern physics. Yet he ...

A lot of nonfiction for kids in upper elementary and middle school is what I think of as "book report books." They're packed with facts, but not presented in a way that makes them very interesting.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. In 1687, Sir Isaac Newton published his groundbreaking book, Mathematical Principles of Natural Philosophy, which described his ...

Like most high schoolers in an intro to physics class, Dan Hoek heard the legendary tale of Isaac Newton and the apple. Here's how the story goes. While resting beneath a tree, Newton watched an apple ...

Sir Isaac Newton believed that most events could be explained through mathematics. His third law of motion is being demonstrated by the recent rise in gas prices. For anyone who may have forgotten ...

It seems unlikely that we will ever lose our fascination for the man whom David Berlinski calls “the largest figure in the history of Western science” and the author of “the greatest of scientific ...

In Lucas Hnath’s innovative and whimsical play “Isaac’s Eye,” the audience meets two of the 17th-century’s greatest ...

Isaac Newton, renowned for his physics breakthroughs, also explored faith, believing science and religion illuminated the ...

The condensed-matter physicist Michael Pepper has won the Isaac Newton Medal and Prize “for the creation of the field of semiconductor nanoelectronics and discovery of new quantum phenomena”.

Almost everyone has heard some version of the story, an apple fell from a tree, struck Isaac Newton on the head, and the ...

Ryan is a tech/science writer, skeptic, lover of all things electronic, and Android fan. In his spare time he reads golden-age sci-fi and sleeps, but rarely at the same time. His wife tolerates him as ...

In 1687, Sir Isaac Newton published his groundbreaking book, which described the three laws of motion and redefined the way the world looked at physics and science. These laws also work well as an ...