INTRODUCTION.

When, at the suggestion of a Mathematician friend, I accepted the challenge of writing a “digested” translation of Sir Isaac Newton's “Philosophiae Naturalis Principia Mathematica”—a work of high technical complexity written in Latin—I noticed patterns that could be classified as unusual and outside the context of the work, specifically in “Book III – De Mundi Systemate,” which coincided with the insinuations narrated in a “History Channel” documentary.

The “History Channel,” a popular cable television channel which, as the name suggests, should present programming on subjects related to History, strives to address subjects of immediate impact, such as conspiracies, aberrations, and sensationalism, obviously for the purpose of gaining an audience. At least from the unwary, in this case.

Watching the “History Channel” in one of my rare moments of relaxation, the documentary being aired dealt, generically, with “Isaac Newton’s Prophecies.”

In a way, the “History Channel” has the freedom to insinuate whatever it wants because, in their right mind, a viewer would not seek means to confirm if there are, indeed, flying saucers in Area 51—which needs no introduction because the channel itself took care of making it popular. Or, perhaps, dive into the Bermuda Triangle to locate missing aircraft, in theory, hijacked by UFOs.

But by insinuating that Isaac Newton recorded biblical prophecies about the end of the world, it found in me, most likely, one of the people best prepared to refute such a claim.