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270 It It, too too, was written was written: Charles C. Gillispie, ”Isaac Newton,” in ”Isaac Newton,” in Dictionary of Scientific Biography Dictionary of Scientific Biography (New York: Scribner's, 197080), vol.10. (New York: Scribner's, 197080), vol.10.

270 ”broke Leibniz' heart” ”broke Leibniz' heart”: William Whiston, Historical Memoirs of the Life and Writings of Dr. Samuel Clarke (London, 1748), p.132. (London, 1748), p.132.

CHAPTER 45. THE APPLE AND THE MOON.

271 ”So few went to hear Him” ”So few went to hear Him”: Westfall, Never at Rest Never at Rest, p.209.

272 ”In the year 1666” ”In the year 1666”: Ibid., p.154.

272 The story The story, which is the one thing which is the one thing: Westfall discusses the evidence pro and con in Never at Rest Never at Rest, pp. 15455, and is more inclined than many to give the story some credence.

272 Despite his craving Despite his craving: Simon Schaffer, ”Somewhat Divine,” London Review of Books London Review of Books, November 16, 2000, reviewing I. Bernard Cohen's translation of Newton's Principia. Principia.

272 Historians who have scrutinized Historians who have scrutinized: See Cohen's ”Introduction” to his translation of the Principia Principia, p.15, and Schaffer, ”Somewhat Divine.”

273 ”I began to think” ”I began to think”: Westfall, Never at Rest Never at Rest, p.143.

275 By combining Kepler's third law By combining Kepler's third law: I. Bernard Cohen, ”Newton's Third Law and Universal Gravity,” p.572.

277 ”compared the force required” ”compared the force required”: Westfall, Never at Rest Never at Rest, p.143.

CHAPTER 46. A VISIT TO CAMBRIDGE.

279 In crowded rooms thick In crowded rooms thick: Steven Shapin, ”At the Amsterdam,” London Review of Books London Review of Books, April 20, 2006, reviewing The Social Life of Coffee The Social Life of Coffee by Brian Cowan. See also Mark Girouard, by Brian Cowan. See also Mark Girouard, Cities and People Cities and People (New Haven, CT: Yale University Press, 1985), p.207. (New Haven, CT: Yale University Press, 1985), p.207.

279 Wren Wren, still more skilled still more skilled, confessed confessed: Merton, ”Priorities in Scientific Discovery,” p.636.

279 ”Mr. Hook said that he had it” ”Mr. Hook said that he had it”: Roche, ”Newton's Principia Principia,” in Fauvel et al., eds., Let Newton Be! Let Newton Be!, p.58.

280 taverns with Peter the Great taverns with Peter the Great: Manuel, A Portrait of Isaac Newton A Portrait of Isaac Newton, p.318.

280 he would invent a diving bell he would invent a diving bell: Alan Cook, Edmond Halley Edmond Halley: Charting the Heavens and the Seas Charting the Heavens and the Seas (New York: Oxford University Press, 1998), pp.11, 14041, 281. (New York: Oxford University Press, 1998), pp.11, 14041, 281.

280 ”Sir Isaac replied immediately” ”Sir Isaac replied immediately”: Westfall, Never at Rest Never at Rest, p.403.

CHAPTER 47. NEWTON BEARS DOWN.

282fn The statement The statement if a planet if a planet: Bruce Pourciau, ”Reading the Master: Newton and the Birth of Celestial Mechanics,” and Curtis Wilson, ”Newton's...o...b..t Problem.” Bruce Pourciau, ”Reading the Master: Newton and the Birth of Celestial Mechanics,” and Curtis Wilson, ”Newton's...o...b..t Problem.”

283 Albert Einstein kept a picture Albert Einstein kept a picture: Dudley Herschbach, ”Einstein as a Student,” available at tinyurl.com/yjptcq8.

283 ”Nature to him” ”Nature to him”: This was from Einstein's foreword to a new edition of Newton's Opticks Opticks, published in 1931.

283 ”Now I am upon” ”Now I am upon”: Westfall, Never at Rest Never at Rest, p.405.

283 ”I never knew him take” ”I never knew him take”: Ibid., p.192.

284 ”When he has sometimes taken” ”When he has sometimes taken”: Ibid., p.406.

284 If everything attracted everything If everything attracted everything: Kuhn, The Copernican Revolution The Copernican Revolution, p.258.

285 ”To do this business right” ”To do this business right”: Westfall, Never at Rest Never at Rest, p.409.

285 ”That all these problems” ”That all these problems”: Chandrasekhar, ”Shakespeare, Newton, and Beethoven.”

287 ”swallowed up and lost” ”swallowed up and lost”: Westfall, Never at Rest Never at Rest, p.456.

CHAPTER 48. TROUBLE WITH MR. HOOKE.

288 ”a nice man to deal with” ”a nice man to deal with”: Henry Richard Fox Bourne, The Life of John Locke The Life of John Locke, vol.2 (New York: Harper Brothers, 1876), p.514.

289 ”There is one thing more” ”There is one thing more”: Westfall, Never at Rest Never at Rest, p.446.

289 ”Mr Hook seems to expect” ”Mr Hook seems to expect”: Manuel, A Portrait of Isaac Newton A Portrait of Isaac Newton, p.154.

289 ”He has done nothing” ”He has done nothing”: Ibid., p.155.

289 ”Philosophy [i.e. ”Philosophy [i.e., science] is such” science] is such”: Ibid., p.155.

290 He never replied to Hooke's letter He never replied to Hooke's letter: Westfall, Never at Rest Never at Rest, pp.38788.

290 Newton had designed a telescope Newton had designed a telescope: Ibid., p.233.

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