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Cuffing season, Newton, and The Wing

Mario Gabriele
Mar 22, 2020
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In 1665, Isaac Newton went home.

​In light of the bubonic plague spreading across Europe, Cambridge University shut its doors, forcing students to return to their native towns and villages. There was little to suggest Newton would make particularly good use of his time at Woolsthorpe Manor, the modest homestead on which he'd been raised. Though he'd mad…

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