Where did isaac newton work?

Although Newton did not speculate on the cause of this periodicity, his initial association of 'Newton's rings' with vibrations in a medium suggests his willingness to modify but not abandon the particle theory. The Opticks was Newton's most widely read work. read more

Isaac Newton was born (according to the Julian calendar, in use in England at the time) on Christmas Day, 25 December 1642 (NS 4 January 1643) "an hour or two after midnight", at Woolsthorpe Manor in Woolsthorpe-by-Colsterworth, a hamlet in the county of Lincolnshire. His father, also named Isaac Newton, had died three months before. read more

Isaac Newton worked for most of his career at the University of Cambridge although he did some of his most important work in a small farm lab at his home, Woolsthorpe Manor when Cambridge University was closed for 18 months during the plague soon after he obtained his degree in August 1665. read more