While Europe was being decimated by the plague, Isaac Newton was sent home from Cambridge and used that time to develop his theory of optics. The man literally discovered the color spectrum with a prism while everyone else was busy dying. Talk about work-life balance. Some people stress-bake during crises; Newton just casually revolutionized our understanding of light. Priorities.
Pandemic Productivity: Newton Edition
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