Member-only story
Letters From The Time Traveler: The End Of The World 2060
According to Sir Isaac Newton, we have 38 years left.
Dearest,
There is a reason I never travel past 2040. And I’m about to tell you. As you know Sir Isaac Newton was a genius. But what you may not know is he was obsessed with the end of the world.
Sir Isaac Newton PRS (25 December 1642–20 March 1726/27)[a] was an English mathematician, physicist, astronomer, alchemist, theologian, and author (described in his time as a “natural philosopher”), widely recognised as one of the greatest mathematicians and physicists and among the most influential scientists of all time. He was a key figure in the philosophical revolution known as the Enlightenment. Wikipedia
Newton was a devout but unorthodox Christian who privately rejected the doctrine of the Trinity. He refused to take holy orders in the Church of England, unlike most members of the Cambridge faculty of the day. Beyond his work on the mathematical sciences, Newton dedicated much of his time to the study of alchemy and biblical chronology, but most of his work in those areas remained unpublished until long after his death.
He believed that The Book of Daniel included the roadmap to when the end of time would happen. He said it was based on 360 days= 1260 years. With a starting date of 800, this…
