On this day ...

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Isaac Newton was born on Christmas Day 1642 (Julian calender). As Alexander Pope famously said. "Nature and nature's laws lay hid in night;, God said 'Let Newton be' and all was light."

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And as someone else (whose name I can't find at the moment) replied, "It did not last; the devil howling 'Ho! Let Einstein be!' restored the status quo."

By Scott Belyea (not verified) on 25 Dec 2006 #permalink

Ah ... John Collings Squire (1884â1958).

By Scott Belyea (not verified) on 25 Dec 2006 #permalink