Technology: January 2020 Archives

Part of Sir Isaac Newton's Manuscripts Were Written in Greek | Greek Reporter Europe

"The notebooks in which Isaac Newton worked out the theories on which much of classical science is based were partly written in Greek, proving that in seventeenth century England, the knowledge of the Greek language was so widespread that a scholar could use it effortlessly even in simple notes.

"While the titles and subjects he was working on are presented in Latin - as well as the brief explanations at the margins of the pages - the subject analysis itself is given in a brief, well written Greek text, in lowercase letters, with the necessary diacritical marks....