“It is wrong Isaac! The title of your book is wrong!”
“What are you talking about Halley? This book will rock the world!”
“That’s just it Isaac. We’re living in an incredible age. And we must respect its shape. We must help those who come after us, build, to craft wonderful things in this age we are given!”
“Oh rubbish! Principia Mathematica? It’s glorious! The great foundations of Mathematical Principles! This will shape our world for hundreds of years.”
“What would Leonardo say Newton? Where is the Art? Where is the dancing?
“It’s in the book! The planets dance gloriously! And this book shows how to make the mathemtics join the dance of the planets! To make the maths do the bend and sway of light!”
“The title doesn’t say that Isaac. The title says only one side of Leonardo’s Age.”
“Who ever heard of a person judging a book by its cover?”
“It will be your legacy Newton! They will say you took Leonardo’s world and bent it to one side! They will blame you for taking the dancing and art out of our age!”
“Anyone who truly reads it will understand! They will see the Maths join the dance of the planets! They will see the Maths do the bend and sway of light like a butterfly.”
(A painting of Newton in 1805 around 1805).
A statue of Isaac Newton outside the British Library. Notice the cross-marks in his shoulders and head matching Leonardo’s Vetruvian Man.
