Description

Black and white photograph of a portrait engraving of Isaac Newton.

Original Caption: "Sir Isaac Newton-developed a mathematical model of the planetary system tied in with the force of gravity at the earth's surface, with integral calculus a a by-product." "Sir Isaac Newton: English mathematician and natural philosopher was born in Lincolnshire, 1642, and died at Kensington, 1727. He discovered the law by which the planets move toward the sun and which governed the movement of all falling bodies. This law gravity was Newton's contribution to science. Keyston View Company."

Original Credit: "Photo from Keystone View Co., Inc., of N.Y."

Used In: "May 1953, p. 36, Technology Review, Massachusetts Institute of Technology".