VirginiaHuguenot
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Papers show Isaac Newton's religious side (June 18, 2007)
Isaac Newton Manuscripts
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Ivan
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"In one manuscript from the early 1700s, Newton used the cryptic Book of Daniel to calculate the date for the apocalypse, reaching the conclusion that the world would end no earlier than 2060."
Well, that means I'll be dead before the world ends, unless I live to be 108 years old.
Kidding aside, it's amazing what they say Newton believed.
Well, that means I'll be dead before the world ends, unless I live to be 108 years old.
Kidding aside, it's amazing what they say Newton believed.
caddy
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Interesting
I wonder how he arrived at that general number as the earliest date ?
I wonder how he arrived at that general number as the earliest date ?
"In one manuscript from the early 1700s, Newton used the cryptic Book of Daniel to calculate the date for the apocalypse, reaching the conclusion that the world would end no earlier than 2060."
Well, that means I'll be dead before the world ends, unless I live to be 108 years old.
Kidding aside, it's amazing what they say Newton believed.
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