The J. James Woods Lectures on the Sciences and Mathematics presents William Dunham, December 2nd, at 7:30 p.m. in the Atherton Union Reilly Room.
Admission is free and open to the public without tickets.
Almost 50 years ago, Cambridge University Press published the correspondence of Isaac Newton, a seven-volume, 3000-page collection of letters that provide insight into this great, if difficult, genius. In this talk, Dunham shares his favorite examples of Newton as correspondent. From his earliest known letter in 1661 (where he scolded a friend for being drunk); through exchanges with Leibniz, Locke, and others; to documents from his days at the Mint in London, these writings give glimpses of Newton at his best … and his worst.