In the first episode of Series 3, Kennardley speaks to Sir Isaac Newton about his Theory of Gravity, his studies of Alchemy and writings on the bible. he also lets slip how he wrote the hits of Pink Floyd among others by "connecting" to the subconscious of Roger Waters!
A must listen.
https://physicsworld.com/a/newton-egomaniac-or-troubled-genius/
https://www.history.com/topics/inventions/isaac-newton
https://www.astronomy.com/science/isaac-newton-a-vindictive-secretive-paranoid-genius/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isaac_Newton
Find out more about all of our guests at https://www.talkstraightproductions.com/
00.00 - Intro
02.42 - Birth date and place
04.42 -Academic Career beginnings
06.34 - Calculus, Optics and Gravity
09.36 - Abrasive personality and controversy with Gottfried Leibniz over Calculus
11.11 - Controversy with Robert Hooke over gravity
12.36 - Writings on Religious study and Alchemy
13.42- Effects of working with heavy metals like Mercury.
14.27 - Member of parliament
15.04 - Warden and Master of the Royal Mint
16.14 - Knighthood
17.17 - Death in 1727 aged 84
18.12 - CTA/Outro
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