Prickly, profound Isaac Newton

Published: Feb. 22, 2018, midnight

b'Just how odd was Isaac Newton? Quite, it turns out, because as well as being one of history\\u2019s greatest mathematicians, he was also an alchemist and a millenarian, happily wallowing in conspiracy theories \\u2013 Oliver Moody joins us to tell us more; did the Cold War ever end? Not as straightforward a question as you might think \\u2013 the historian David Motadel considers a controversial new book; and finally, Thea Lenarduzzi discusses Greta Gerwig and her Oscar-nominated film Lady Bird  


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