As a youth in New Lebanon, N.Y., Isaac Newton Youngs was something of a rebel. He was also a Shaker, and that created a problem. The United Society of Believers in Christ’s Second Appearing, better ...

It is hard to think of a name that has been more influential in science than Isaac Newton. Sure, Einstein, Bohr, Heisenberg, Darwin, Curie, and [add your favorite here] are all spectacular scientists ...

Manuscript of 1752 biography of Isaac Newton, which recounts how a falling apple led him to the theory of gravity, is available on U.K.'s Royal Society Web site. Lance Whitney is a freelance ...

Isaac Newton was a celibate, grouchy loner who "led an obsessive life, lacking parents, lovers and friends." These facts hardly make a biography on the scientist's life sound sexy or promising. In ...