The ghost of Isaac Newton haunts Cambridge, and Trinity College in particular, where all students unwise enough to enter the chapel will get the opportunity to be made to feel small by his overbearing statue. Meanwhile Cambridge fellows wring their hands and question why Cambridge has never produced another Newton.
A more interesting question might be, did he actually eat the apple after it had fallen from the tree?
This apple was photographed in Clare College Fellows' Garden. These fallen apples were being eaten only by moorhens, but they were far to clever to allow themselves to be photographed in the act.
I wonder if it is all this pressure to be brilliant that has pushed Cambers back to the top of the World Rankings. I suspect it may have more to do with the brilliance of Alison Richards, who has done an amazing job of screwing simply huge amounts of cash out of us all over the last few years. We even met her in Tokyo!
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Why not another?
Because there hasn't been another Robert Hooke to create the central ideas which Newton then developed (without giving the credit due to Hooke, by the way).
"Professor Richard is widely known for her work and writings on the evolution of complex social systems among primates."
Given that unfair advantage, it probably should be considered unethical for her to fundraise.
How was Newton at fundraising?
Isn't Stephen Hawkings another Issac Newton?
Err... you mean the "popular science writer"?
Sir Issac was a popular science writer in his day.
That's how he became Sir Issac, yes?
Wasn't that for the Royal Mint gig, David?
Also, I just wanted to observe that an apparent benefit of scientific/mathematical brilliance is great calves.
Steve Bloom --- That's from climbing all those apple trees.
Steve,
I don't think that studying bishops has much to do with fundraising :-)
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