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starring: Sir Isaac Newton See Larger Image Used Price: $6.07 Third Party New Price: $3.68 Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1 Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated) Binding: DVD EAN: 9780767066785 Format: Closed-captioned, Color, DVD-Video, NTSC ISBN: 0767066782 Label: A&E Home Video Manufacturer: A&E Home Video Number Of Items: 1 Publisher: A&E Home Video Release Date: August 10, 2004 Running Time: 50 minutes Sales Rank: 18161 Studio: A&E Home Video Related Items: NOVA: Newton's Dark Secrets (2005) Biography - Charles Darwin: Evolution's Voice NOVA - Infinite Secrets: The Genius of Archimedes NOVA - Galileo's Battle for the Heavens Biography - Albert Einstein (A&E DVD Archives) see more Customer Reviews Average Rating: Rating: - Biography - Sir Isaac Newton: Gravity of Genius BIOGRAPHY: SIR ISSAC NEWTON THE GRAVITY OF GENIUS-Was a very good DVD which I would rate at four stars. Other fine biographical films have also been made on the life of Sir Isaac, like NEWTON'S DARK SECRETS. This one was a bit less "entertaining" but filled with interesting facts and good scholarship. Unlike NEWTON'S DARK SECRETS, this film featured few special effects or colorful animations of scientific principles. THE GRAVITY OF GENIOUS restricted itself to photos, sketches, period ... Read More Rating: - Newton was gay!: Deal with it! According to Derek Jarman's autobiography, Newton was what we'd call gay nowadays. This A&E special, instead, says something like, "Well, Newton was so hooked on science that he didn't have the time for love." Yet it stresses that Newton never married and had a nervous breakdown after his "intimate friend" left England. C'mon, be more daring! Gay scientists everywhere would have appreciated finding out the real deal about a potential role model. Biographers have ducked the issue with George Washington ... Read More Rating: - A probing look into the greatest scientific mind of all time Most children idolize famous athletes, movie stars, and the like. I was different - my two idols were Albert Einstein and Isaac Newton. I still believe Newton to be the greatest genius to ever live. Certainly, I was impressed by Newton's accomplishments (the theory of gravity, calculus, the laws of motion, etc.), but I was perhaps more deeply impressed by his unsurpassed commitment to his work. When I read that he would oftentimes forget to eat while he worked days on end, I became convinced that this ... Read More Rating: - Required viewing in all history of science courses It is not possible to conduct a course in the history of mathematics or science without an in-depth study of the life and work of Isaac Newton. Generally considered to be the greatest scientist of all time, his work in mathematics alone would have placed him in the upper tier of scientific figures. His life largely consisted of two distinct parts, the years where he was withdrawn and unwilling to publish followed by those where he was an icon and readily destroyed his rivals. Given the short amount ... Read More Browse for similar items by category: A&E Home Video - Television - Genres - DVD - Video - All A&E Titles Biography - A&E Home Video - Television - Genres - DVD - Video - All Titles Biography - A&E Home Video - Television - Genres - DVD - Video - Historical & Business Figures A&E Home Video - Television - Genres - DVD - Video - A&E DVD Archives Titles - Custom Stores - Specialty Stores - DVD - Video - ( B )