It was Sir Isaac Newton and his revolutionary theory of gravitation, published in what many consider the most important scientific work ever written, the "Principia" in 1687, that led to a far ...

Legendary scientist Sir Isaac Newton, best known for establishing the law of gravity, predicted the world would cease to exist in the year 2060 in a letter he penned in 1704.

Handwritten notes from Isaac Newton that are more than 300 years old have sold for £378,000 ($511,000) at an auction. In the papers, Newton theorized about alchemy, religion, and the apocalypse.