isaac newton

Just watched the History Channel. According to the History Channel, Newton decoded the Bible's undecodable Revelations. According to the narrator, some dates have come to pass such as World War 11, return of Jews to Israel, the six day war, expansion of Israel. Some things have not...

Newton Stole First 2 Laws of Motion From Galileo! Not only that, Newton also stole the first 2 corollaries as well. Newton even admitted it. "Hitherto I have laid down such principles as have been received by mathematicians, and are confirmed by abundance of experiment. By the first two Laws...

The purpose of this post is to present the established tenets of classical physics and to create a point where this thread can be split if there is still disagreement as to the validity of these tenets. If the participants in this thread agree to the split, all further discussion of the...

A Cynic Looks at Judy Wood and Bogus 9/11 Science By CAL (Cynic At Large) Recently, many attempts to discredit the scientific investigation of 9/11 have surfaced. I will look at these attempts to discredit in the context of scientific history. Aristotle Aristotle attempted to discredit the...

I came across this site that claims many scientific principles were actually presented first in the bible. http://www.creationevidence.org/scientific_evid/se_scripture.html

If anyone would know this it's you guys so: Just curious -- seems I read somewhere, years ago, that Isaac Newton (in an apparant fit of dottiness?) got into the occult or somesuch for a period of his life. True or apocryphal? Don't have a good reference handy so I'm asking here. Of course I...

Randi's juxtaposition of Isaac Newton with Jesus in this week's commentary made me wonder: why is Jesus the focal point of a worldwide religious movement but Newton isn't? Jesus may have been an innovator of social justice, and of course he supposedly pulled off a few nice parlor tricks, but...