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Let Newton Be!

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on BBC Radio 4 FM

Nature and Nature's laws lay hid in night:
God said, Let Newton be! and all was light. (ALEXANDER POPE)
A celebration of Sir Isaac Newton (1642-1727), scientist, mathematician and man of many paradoxes.
Written by ERIC EWENS with Freddie Jones as Sir Isaac Newton
Narrated by Anthony Jacobs
It did not last: the Devil howling , Ho!
Let Einstein be! ' restored the status quo (SIR JOHN C. SQUIRES) with the voices of: MICHAEL TUDOR BARNES
JEFFREY SEGAL , JONATHAN SCOTT
DOUGLAS BLACKWELL
MICHAEL GOLDIE , EDWARD BURNHAM EDWARD KELSEY , LEWIS STRINGER JOAN MATHESON and JANE KNOWLES froduced and directed by MAURICE LEITCH

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Sir Isaac Newton
Written By:
Eric Ewens
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Freddie Jones
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Sir Isaac Newton
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Anthony Jacobs
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Michael Tudor Barnes
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Jeffrey Segal
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Jonathan Scott
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Douglas Blackwell
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Michael Goldie
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Edward Burnham
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Edward Kelsey
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Lewis Stringer
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Joan Matheson
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Jane Knowles
Directed By:
Maurice Leitch
Source: Radio Times

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