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Nabil Ali in the Botanic Garden

̽»¨Ö±²¥artist who made ink from Newton's Apple Tree

16 Oct 2023

Nabil Ali is discovering the natural colours hidden within the berries, blooms and bark found in the Cambridge ̽»¨Ö±²¥ Botanic Garden – including...

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Reinterpreting Newton and religion

21 Dec 2021

Rediscovered notebook adds new depth to our understanding of Isaac Newton's relationship with theology.

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Image from Newton’s own annotated copy of Principia Mathematica

Sir Isaac Newton’s Cambridge papers added to UNESCO’s Memory of the World Register

01 Dec 2017

̽»¨Ö±²¥Cambridge papers of Sir Isaac Newton, including early drafts and Newton’s annotated copies of Principia Mathematica – a work that changed the...

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Priceless treasures: in a shot commissioned to celebrate Cambridge ̽»¨Ö±²¥ Library’s 600th anniversary, Professor Stephen Hawking is pictured with Newton’s annotated first edition of Principia Mathematica. Credit: Graham CopeKoga

Understanding gravity - from Newton to Hawking

29 Apr 2016

̽»¨Ö±²¥most important publication in the history of science – Isaac Newton’s own annotated copy of Principia Mathematica – and other seminal works by...

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Guy Martin next to the Wall of Death.

Opinion: Science behind remarkable new Wall of Death motorcycle world record

05 Apr 2016

Hugh Hunt (Department of Engineering) discusses the Wall of Death world record attempt and how a motorcycle can ride around a vertical wall.

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Priceless treasures: in a shot commissioned to celebrate Cambridge ̽»¨Ö±²¥ Library’s 600th anniversary, Professor Stephen Hawking is pictured with Newton’s annotated first edition of Principia Mathematica.

Lines of Thought: Discoveries that Changed the World

10 Mar 2016

Some of the world’s most valuable books and manuscripts – texts which have altered the very fabric of our understanding – will go on display in...

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Newton, Darwin, Shakespeare – and an envelope of ectoplasm: Cambridge ̽»¨Ö±²¥ Library at 600

23 Dec 2015

In 2016, Cambridge ̽»¨Ö±²¥ Library will celebrate 600 years as one of the world's greatest libraries with a spectacular exhibition of priceless...

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̽»¨Ö±²¥European in India, 1813 by Charles D'Oyly (1781-1845)

A world of science

08 Oct 2015

̽»¨Ö±²¥history of science has been centred for too long on the West, say Simon Schaffer and Sujit Sivasundaram. It’s time to think global.

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̽»¨Ö±²¥longitude problem: 300-year-old archive opened to the world

18 Jul 2013

It was the conundrum that baffled some of the greatest and most eccentric experts of the 18th century - and captivated the British public during an...

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