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Great Britons - Newton

on BBC Two England

Isaac Newton is best remembered for the story of the falling apple - the inspiration for his theory of gravity. Historian
Tristram Hunt argues, however, that there was much more to Newton than this, as he reveals a tortured genius who, after being abandoned by his mother, lived a lonely, unloved existence, teetering between brilliance and madness.
Director Tim Lambert BBCi: special interactive features are available to digital viewers

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Isaac Newton
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