AT ONCE MORTAL AND IMMORTAL, ISAAC NEWTON WAS BOTH A living, breathing man and a legend that forever changed the world. Yet so reclusive was he at his most creative that his biographers have succeeded in viewing him only through a glass darkly. During a rare moment of introspection, Newtononce compared himself to a boy playing on a seashore, casting about for a few beautiful pebbles that he likened to his greatest discoveries. It is worth noting, however, that even this simple metaphor is misleading. While Newton’s home was an island, he never set eyes on the open sea beyond the fens until well after he had grown to manhood. Neither, so far as is known, did he seriously entertain the idea of taking in the wonders of the Continent only a short sail away, or of communing with Europe’s foremost scientific minds. [download]
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