As a youth in New Lebanon, N.Y., Isaac Newton Youngs was something of a rebel. He was also a Shaker, and that created a problem. The United Society of Believers in Christ’s Second Appearing, better ...

Isaac Newton was an English polymath who worked in many areas, such as math, physics, astronomy, alchemy, theology, writing, and inventing. His work c.

Manuscript of 1752 biography of Isaac Newton, which recounts how a falling apple led him to the theory of gravity, is available on U.K.'s Royal Society Web site. Lance Whitney is a freelance ...

Shaker society : an overview -- Isaac Newton Youngs's childhood and youth, 1793-1807 -- Youth and lust : a snare of Satan to beguile the soul, 1818-1823 -- Rebellion in Shaker society : learning ...