New Newton scholarship

Royal Society Publishing has recently published a theme issue of Philosophical Transactions A: Newton, Principia, Newton Geneva Edition (17th–19th) and modern Newtonian mechanics: heritage, past & present
Counting on Mars: Francis Galton and the Universal Language of Mathematics
In the late 19th century, as telescopes peered into the mysterious red glow of Mars, a peculiar idea captured the imagination of scientists and the public alike: could we communicate […]