Isaac Newton, by James Gleick

Isaac Newton, by James Gleick

Looks promising so far… . By page 29 the substantial thought of the English man of science is counterposed against the effete descriptions of the universe by the French mathematician, Descartes - a girly man with a girly first name - Renee if you can believe that, a man whose seminal thinking and girly-man haircut preceded Voltaire’s famous line about sex with young boys (Voltaire, who after visiting a French establishment with a friend and enjoying himself famously replied in the negative when asked if he would like to go there again, “Mais non,” he said, “Once, a philosopher — twice a pervert…” although who knows how the French spell it… probably perverte with an effete little “e” appended… gawd I’m glad I changed my name from Frank to Freedom back in the day when US foreign policy was helping us all draw that line in the sand between “old Europe” and the modern world)… regardless, it is clear where the roots of all this French postmodern theory are sunk and I’m damn glad that we have an English man of science to look to when it comes to something as fundamental as gravity.

We are all Newtonians.