BBC: Sir Isaac Newton Biography
Overview of his early years, time at university, and his contribution to mathematics, optics, and chemistry.
www.bbc.co.uk/history/historic_figures/newton_isaac.shtml
Isaac Newton: Optics
From the Modern History Sourcebook.
www.fordham.edu/halsall/mod/newton-optics.html
Newton's `Principia', Book Two.
In Latin and English with contemporary criticism of Newton's proof.
www.maths.tcd.ie/pub/HistMath/People/Newton/Principia/Bk2Lem2
Newton's Life
Brief biography.
www.newton.cam.ac.uk/newtlife.html
Sir Isaac Newton
Biography dividing his life into three distinct periods.
www-groups.dcs.st-and.ac.uk/~history/Mathematicians/Newton.html
Sir Isaac Newton (1642-1727)
From A Short Account of the History of Mathematics by W.W. Rouse Ball.
www.maths.tcd.ie/pub/HistMath/People/Newton/RouseBall/RB_Newton.html
Sir Isaac Newton: Scientist and Mathematician
Directory of web resources looking at his accomplishments in mathematics, optics, and physics.
www.lucidcafe.com/library/95dec/newton.html
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