Session 7 part 3 - some historical info FYI

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isaac_Newton

This is really exhaustive - only for the truly interested.

This one is a bit easier to digest:

http://galileoandeinstein.physics.virginia.edu/lectures/newton.html

We'll return to Newton's gravitation (along with Kepler) later in the course.

For Galileo:

http://galileo.rice.edu/

http://galileo.rice.edu/bio/index.html

I also recommend "Galileo's Daughter" by Dava Sobel. Actually, anything she writes is pretty great historical reading. See also her "Longitude."

It is also worth reading about Copernicus and the Scientific Revolution.

For those of you interested in ancient science, David Lindberg's "Beginnings of Western Science" is amazing.

In general, John Gribbin's "The Scientists" is a good intro book about the history of science, in general. I recommend this for all bio and chem majors.

As a science major, you owe it to yourself to find out the history of your discipline. I think it will give you new perspective and respect.