Christie's to sell Isaac Newton's notes for greatest work

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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 , auctioneer Christie's said Tuesday.

Thomas Venning, head of books and manuscripts at Christie's in London, said the book "reinvented our understanding of the universe." 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."

 

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