East Midlands Branch

THE INSTITUTE OF MATHEMATICS AND ITS APPLICATIONS

Informal Visit to

Woolsthorpe Manor

(Birthplace and Family home

of Sir Isaac Newton)

Saturday 25 May 2002

Meet 2.00pm at Woolsthorpe Manor

Abstract

This informal event is to encourage local IMA members to visit the local attraction of Woolsthorpe Manor in the company of fellow IMA members and possibly to find a pub for a chat afterwards.

Woolsthorpe Manor is a small 17^th- century manor house, the birthplace and family home of Sir Isaac Newton, who formulated some of his major works here during the Plague years (1665-67). An early edition of the Principia is on display. The Manor also houses a Discovery Centre and exhibition on work of Newton. The Manor orchard includes a descendant of the famous apple tree. The Manor is owned by the National Trust and entry is £3.50; child £1.70; family £8.00 or free to National Trust members.

Woolsthorpe is 7 miles S of Grantham, ½ mile NW of Colsterworth, 1 mile W of the A1 (not to be confused with Woolsthorpe near Belvoir). Leave the A1 at Colsterworth roundabout via B676, at the second crossroads turn right following the National Trust signs.

For further details of other East Midlands Branch activities consult the Web Site http://science.ntu.ac.uk/msor/ccb/ima.html or by contacting the Branch General Secretary:

Dr Stephen Hibberd, email: Stephen.Hibberd@nottingham.ac.uk or Tel. (0115) 9513841