When I was studying for my Ph.D., a fellow grad student and I asked our advisor if he could think of one single characteristic that was common to all of the best scientists he knew. Without too much ...

Recluse. Obsessive. Heretic. Isaac Newton is now considered to be the greatest genius of all-time, a great rationalist who laid the foundations for many of the scientific and mathematical ...

Isaac Newton was a celibate, grouchy loner who "led an obsessive life, lacking parents, lovers and friends." These facts hardly make a biography on the scientist's life sound sexy or promising. In ...