In part 1 of our multipart biography of the father of physics, we look at the life of Isaac Newton from his early years in Woolsthorpe, Lincolnshire through his grammar school days to his time at Trinity College, Cambridge. We take some time to specifically look at the cultural and religious background that influenced his upbringing as well as his work on vision, color, light and optics.
Illustration of Newton and Assistant with prism and spectrum
Diagram of Newton's Prism Experiment
Newton's home in Woolsthorpe, Lincolnshire
Page from Newton's Waste book with diagram showing his eyeball experiment.
Can you please do a program on Lisa Meitner and the discovery of fission. Cienciaes.com did a nice show for her under their series Ciencia y Genios. They have nice music for her show. They did one show on Christiaan Eijkman and his study of Beriberi which means "I can't, I can't", and he could not figure out why his chickens were malnourished even though they were fed polished rice. Can you also please do a show like Cienciaes.com also under Ciencia y Genios about how Wilhelm Roentgen gave up ideas about patenting the x-ray examination and instead published his results. Can you please do a show Max Plank as well.
Posted by: Juan Leal | 01/31/2017 at 04:29 PM
At the Nehru Planetarium, New Delhi, India, we are planning a "Birth of Astrophysics" exhibition, commemorating 150 years since the discovery of Helium. This message is seeking permission to use the Newton, prism and spectrum illustration for the exhibition, with credits and acknowledgements as required.
Posted by: Nandivada Rathnasree | 07/23/2018 at 10:35 PM