The Episodic Table of Elements

The Episodic Table of Elements


49. Indium: The Spectre Of Isaac

November 11, 2019

Can maybe technically produce indigo -- reached out to professionals.

Violet and purple are not the same thing

Pronunciation of Principia

http://discovermagazine.com/2017/may-2017/heroes-of-science

Some sources also say that Newton kicked Arthur Storer's be-hind, but my primary source does not mention this.

No primary sources for the anecdote that Newton merely asked to open a window, either.

john maynard keynes?

The most valuable tooth in the world belongs to Newton. His tooth was sold in 1816 at an auction for approx $3600.

The Occult

Devoutly religious, although some of those beliefs were heretical.

His later years """nervous breakdown""" he could be vicious. he was buried alongside kings and queens at westminster abbey.

seriously, very interested in alchemy.

his two books: Principia and Opticks. Inventing calculus at the same time as Leibniz.

apple thing may have kind of happened. but some of these myths he was the fabulist: he said a dog ruined 20 years of work. Newton is said to have exclaimed, "O Diamond, Diamond, thou little knowest the mischief thou hast done." he might not have even had a dog.

His eccentricities weren't necessary for his genius. they just informed it.

heroic figure but he too was subject to the whims of his culture and his time. he only saw the apple because of the plague.: https://books.google.com/books?id=mgeiDwAAQBAJ&pg=PT71&lpg=PT71&dq=%22social+dynamics%22+scientific+revolution+isaac+newton&source=bl&ots=qIPsMRPm3l&sig=ACfU3U30qs2kNeaVszRYS-4dtcTpKkkwiw&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwju_abIhtTlAhXPesAKHaWKD04Q6AEwB3oECAcQAg#v=onepage&q=%22social%20dynamics%22%20scientific%20revolution%20isaac%20newton&f=false

Gay pride and pink Floyd both have six-color rainbows

Might I humbly suggest the following: regarding optics, you gotta check back, pal.