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Newton's Dark Secrets

Newton's Dark Secrets

2005TV EpisodeTV-G
Documentary
⭐ 7.7
IMDB Rating
68 votes

The auction of some of Newton's papers early in the 20th century uncovers the fact that he had a side other than the genius mathematician and visionary the world knew him as.

Director
Chris Oxley
Writers
N/A
Stars
F. Murray Abraham, Roger Braban, Jed Buchwald
Release Date
November 15, 2005
Language
English
Country
United States
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Reviews
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🎭 Top Cast

F. Murray Abraham
F. Murray Abraham
as Self - Narrator
Roger Braban
Roger Braban
as Self - Historical Reenactment
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Jed Buchwald
as Self - California Institute of Technology
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Gale Christianson
as Self - Author, Isaac Newton
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Morderchai Feingold
as Self - California Institute of Technology
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Johnston Forbes-Robertson
as Self - Historical Reenactment
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James Force
as Self - University of Kentucky
Peter Galison
Peter Galison
as Self - Harvard University
Scott Handy
Scott Handy
as Self - Isaac Newton
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Rob Iliffe
as Self - Imperial College London

🎬 Technical Specs

Aspect Ratio
1.33 : 1
Sound
Stereo
Color
Color

🏷️ Keywords

asexual interestmale protagonistsciencescientistalchemy

🎯 Categories

Documentary

⭐ Featured Review

Excellent introduction to Isaac Newton's life, work, and thought
by robert-temple-1 • 2011-09-20

"This is an excellent programme explaining first of all the important general work of Newton, and then the esoteric work. It explains how Newton invented the calculus (without showing us what calculus is or mentioning that it was simultaneously invented by Leibniz) and how he discovered gravitation, and his discovery that white light contains all colours, which are then split by prisms. It refers to his work on the elliptical orbits of the planets but does not mention Kepler's discovery of this at all! The psychological strangeness of Newton is mentioned, his extreme introversion, and the ..."

📖 Synopsis

The auction of some of Newton's papers early in the 20th century uncovers the fact that he had a side other than the genius mathematician and visionary the world knew him as.