11/04/2020
Opinion | A pandemic lockdown might be a fruitful time for other introverts. Isaac Newton was at Cambridge University when, in 1665-66, the bubonic plague broke out. Like schools and universities today, Cambridge closed and sent its students home. Newton was stuck on his family estate in rural Lincolnshire. Young Newton spent endless hours alone in nature, in pensive absorption. 🍎 Once he saw an apple fall from a tree, and realized that it responded to the same force as the moon orbiting the earth, which led him to a theory of gravity. 🌈 He also observed light in its many colors and began thinking about optics. And he applied his logic to nature in a way that led him to pioneer calculus. Historians now call Newton’s quarantine his annus mirabilis, or miracle year. For introverts who are drained by the random noise of small talk, it's your time to shine. Take this time to think, read, tinker, or discussing something in depth. Good things can be found when going deep. https://trib.al/zDvRYYA
