Showing posts with label Isaac Newton. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Isaac Newton. Show all posts

Sunday, November 27, 2011

To Do Lists

Leonardo da Vinci is definitely pre-Georgian era, but his To Do list is fascinating. I wonder what Isaac Newton's list might have contained? Or Humphrey Davy's?

http://www.npr.org/blogs/krulwich/2011/11/18/142467882/leonardos-to-do-list

What do you think?

From top to bottom: Leondardo da Vinci self-portrait, Isaac Newton, and Humphrey Davy.

Both Newton and Davy were president in the Royal Society: Newton (who had been knighted) from 1703-1727, and Davy (who had been created a baronet) from 1820-1827. But their contributions are stories for another day.