Sir Isaac Newton is one of history’s greatest scientists. But what was he like as a man?
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he was not a very social man
I’ve heard he wasn’t a social person. He invented toys as a child for himself to play with and he didn’t really have any friends. But what was his personality like? Curious? Optimistic? Someone please respond!
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Well according to the recent excellent BBC documentry ‘The Last Magician’ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dkuj_dQ_0lM reveals Newton as both a hermit and a tyrant, a heretic and an alchemist.