The letter in which Sir Isaac Newton predicted that the world would end in 2060 remains on display at Jerusalem's Hebrew University. First exhibited to the public in 2007, the letter became widely ...

Along with his love for science, Newton was also deeply religious. He based his hypothesis on the Book of Daniel--a biblical work of literature marked by its vivid imagery of a possible judgment day.

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It begins with a cartoon of a sleepy locomotive reluctant to move, transitioning into live-action footage of a steam train starting up. Various scenes illustrate Newton’s laws of motion, including a ...

He particularly referenced the Book of Daniel. He calculated that the world would reset 1,260 years after the foundation of the Holy Roman Empire. According to Newton’s writings, this period ...