Newton: The Dark Heretic
2003•PG•1h 0m•4.5•Released
Documentary
A BBC documentary uncovers, for the first time, the original manuscript where Newton forecast the date of the end of the world. Newton, the father of modern mathematics, dedicated a large part of his life to a quest to decode the Bible which he believed to be the word of God. For over 50 years, he studied the Bible trying to unravel God's secret laws of the Universe. He was fanatical in his quest to discover the date for the Second Coming of Christ and the end of the world. Scholars have spent years trying to unravel Newton's writings on the Book of Revelation to establish when he thought the apocalypse was coming.
Director
Chris Oxley
Languages
English
Studio
BBC
Cast
Phillip Keiman
Sir William James
Philip Harvey
Royal Society Speaker
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