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Sir Isaac Newton: Unhappy Scientific Genius | Full Documentary | Biography

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Learn more about the scientific genius who laid the foundations for calculus and defined the laws of gravity, but who lived a lonely and unhappy personal life, in this documentary from Biography. #sirisaacnewton #biography #scientificgenius Don't miss a video! Subscribe NOW: https://www.youtube.com/c/Biography?sub_confirmation=1 Chapters 00:00 Isaac Newton’s Legacy in Modern Science 05:17 Discovering Descartes and the Language of Mathematics 07:14 The Great Plague and the Birth of Genius 08:41 Calculus and the Reluctance to Publish 09:42 Experiments with Light and Color 11:09 Building the Reflecting Telescope 12:32 The Hooke Feud and Retreat from Science 24:07 Halley Visits Newton and the Spark of “Principia” 27:28 Publication of Principia Mathematica 37:44 The Writing of Opticks 40:10 The Calculus War with Leibniz ABOUT BIOGRAPHY: Biography highlights newsworthy personalities and events with compelling and surprising points-of-view, telling the true stories from some of the most accomplished non-fiction storytellers of our time. FOLLOW BIOGRAPHY: Website: https://www.biography.com/ Biography Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Biography/ Biography Instagram: https://instagram.com/biography?igshid=ZDg1NjBiNjg= Biography X: https://twitter.com/biography FOLLOW A&E: Website: https://www.aetv.com/ A&E Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/AETV A&E Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/aetv/ A&E TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@aetv A&E Twitter: https://twitter.com/AETV A&E YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/aetv Watch Full Episodes: https://www.aetv.com/videos Copyright Notice: This video and my YouTube channel contain dialog, music, and images that are property of Biography. You are authorized to share the video link and channel, and embed this video in your website or others as long as a link back to my YouTube Channel is provided. © 2025 Biography Sir Isaac Newton: Unhappy Scientific Genius | Full Documentary | Biography https://www.youtube.com/c/Biography

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laurencebailly256 6 months, 4 weeks ago

I could listen to you talk all day.

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josué_costela 7 months, 3 weeks ago

Such good vibes in this video.

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stéphane.perrin 7 months, 3 weeks ago

This video is gold.

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juliapope595 8 months, 1 week ago

My eyes are blessed.

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heathermerritt95 10 months, 1 week ago

Beautifully produced. I gained knowledge from this

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micheal_santiago 10 months, 4 weeks ago

One of the biggest things people tend to forget about Isaac Newton, is the timing of his discoveries, especially with gravity. He published this theory well over 300 years ago. For reference, Einstein published his Theory of General Relativity only 110 years ago. This is significant because of the data and technology available. At the time of Isaac Newton's discoveries, he was incredibly limited in both data and technology. Newton had no real idea of atoms, or even what stars really were. He speculated that maybe stars were just like our sun, but only further away, but did not know for sure. I think if Newton had access to the data and technology that we have today, that perhaps he would have completed a theory of everything that is provable. Just a thought.

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gabriela.miranda 1 year ago

What a wonderful, fascinating, inspiring video this is! Wouldn't ol' Isaac have been dumbfounded to know that five centuries after he lived on this Earth that this video about him would exist, and be watched on handheld devices, by his own admirers all over the Earth! 😮😮😊

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josué_costela 1 year, 2 months ago

Love YouTube for keeping this history about people that change the world

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rafaél_gastélum 1 year, 2 months ago

Why isn't there a movie about him yet.. omg

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jeremy.mcintyre 1 year, 3 months ago

Well Done!

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michelle.ortega 1 year, 4 months ago

Wow I love these old school Documentaries I really miss them.

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advika_tara 1 year, 4 months ago

Breh, I was bouta watch the whole video till I saw the comment! Thanks guys!

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michael.campbell 1 year, 9 months ago

Everytime someone asks me how ancient people stacked block weighing multiple tons i always remind them that it was built before Issac Newton invented gravity.

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aimée.foucher 1 year, 10 months ago

Interesting information

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andrew_aguilar 1 year, 11 months ago

The editing skills are on another level. It adds so much to the viewing experience.

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liesalangern86 1 year, 11 months ago

Thank you for such an illuminating documentary!

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ross.woodward 1 year, 11 months ago

Too bad that music was added..I couldn't finish listening

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aimée.foucher 2 years ago

I had smiles in different times of this story. Can appreciate having this side of Newton told in this manner. Loved it❤

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aprilclark960 2 years, 1 month ago

Wonderful!

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christine_ferrand 2 years, 1 month ago

Utterly superb! Thank you for posting this.