Hmm, it's not on the leval of the data on Bram Stoker but worth looking into.
Craven, If I remember right the biography was:
Isaac Newton: The Last Sorcerer
by Michael White
Helix Books 1998
Newton a virgin? Before or after the apple hit him in the head?
Craven, I don't think Newton was gay, but Newt, that centaur-type thing from the early animated 'Hercules' series, I am not so sure about...
Virgins, virgins....always with the virgins...anyone would think the man was seeking a unicorn....
Heh heh...must return to my new words thread....
CdK,
Are you (secretly) a virgin yourself and you're looking for VERY famous people to make you feel less inadequate about your lack of parking space for the old meat waggon?
(OK - so I wrote that as a kind of ironic tribute to Slappy, but I don't have his witty turn of phrase). Bugger!
KP
Nah, to address such feeling it would be better to just have sex. :-)
Yes, yes, yes - but then, where would civilization be?
cavfancier- I remember Newt, from Hercules. He used to say everything twice. Everything twice. Geez that was a stupid cartoon. Hercules activated his superpowers by pulling on his belt. I remember they used to sell Hercules energy belts on TV.
Hercules, hero of song and story,
Hercules, hero of ancient glory,
fighting for the right,
with his awesome might,
with the strength of ten
ordinary men!
It's the mighty.....HERCULES!!! (thunderclap)
issac newtons apple - which fell on his head -
What type of apple was it that fell on to his head.
I have been to Woolsthorp today to his house and are interested
sjp 2057
Acquiunk's information is correct. Newton was almost certainly a virgin. He pretty much never mingled socially, except for one very brief period when a student, and did not appear to seek relationships with women or have any.
I have long suspected that he may have been gay because of the combination a seeming lack of interest in women and the relationship with Fatio that Acquiunk mentioned. He was extraordinarily famous in his own liftetime, and this would probably have given him some opportunities had he been interested in women.
It's off topic, but I will add that in my opinion, having majored in Physics in school and been a professional in the field, Newton was the greatest scientific mind in history.
Re: issac newtons apple - which fell on his head -
SJP2057 wrote:What type of apple was it that fell on to his head.
I have been to Woolsthorp today to his house and are interested
sjp 2057
Newton actually did claim that this incident occurred.
Vincent Van Gogh dyed a virgin. Blue, I think it was.
Re: issac newtons apple - which fell on his head -
SJP2057 wrote:What type of apple was it that fell on to his head.
I have been to Woolsthorp today to his house and are interested
sjp 2057
By the way, what are those two structures in the front outside wall that look like integral signs? Is that some kind of coincidence? Forgive me, but I've never been to England and have only seen pictures.
Equus, your rendition of the theme from Hercules brought back some memories. My brother who was 4 at the time would sit in front of the T.V. and sing:"HURTYERKNEES" at the top of his lungs.
Off topic
Carry on
Hurtyourknees. That's good. I remember they used to sell a Hercules power belt in the toy stores. Pull on it and it made a thunder noise just like the cartoon. (Cartoon Hercules would pull on his belt for a strength boost, just like Popeye would get from eating spinach)
By the way, back on topic: another famous dead virgin:
I heard that Immanuel Kant, couldn't.
Out here we had the Shakers, a religious community that insisted on complete chastity-- no sex even in a marriage relationship.
As we say here, they sure made great furniture!
Isn't it possible that the energy we all spend in erotic passion could be put to better use-- say inventing calculus and revolutionizing physics or, in the case of Jesus, sparking the religion that would have a radical impact on the world for at least 2000 years?
Maybe Newton was on to something.
