“There goes the man that writt a book that neither he nor anybody else understands.” But instead of crossing the Great Court, as he should have, Humphrey noted that Newton would turn into ...

Vivian Branderhorst, 4, just completed the 1,000 Books Before Kindergarten program at the Newton Public Library.

Then, in 1687, after spending more than 20 years developing his ideas, Newton published what is generally acknowledged to be the greatest scientific book ever written, the Philosophiae Naturalis ...