Handwritten notes that show one of history’s greatest scientific minds in action are going up for auction at Christie's in LondonLONDON -- Handwritten notes that show one of history’s greatest scientific minds in action are going up for auction in London. Pages containing Isaac Newton’s jotted revisions to his masterwork, the “Principia,” are expected to sell next month for between 600,000 pounds and 900,000 pounds ($850,000 and $1.3 million), auctioneer Christie’s said Tuesday. Published in 1687, Newton’s “Philosophiae naturalis principia mathematica” — “Mathematical Principles of Natural Philosophy” — set out the laws of gravitation and motion and is considered a scientific watershed. Venning said that when he was working on the revisions, Newton was “fizzing with the energy of one of the greatest minds the world has ever seen." “What a collector in the autograph world is looking for is the greatest minds in history, talking about their greatest achievements,” Venning said.

Source: ABC News May 31, 2021 22:52 UTC