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Newton's papers became known because his estate passed to aristocratic relatives who eventually auctioned the papers, with the sale going poorly enough that notes were sold piecemeal.
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Newton's papers became known because his estate passed to aristocratic relatives who eventually auctioned the papers, with the sale going poorly enough that notes were sold piecemeal.
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"OK. OK. So Newton. OK. So why do we know that Newton predicted the end of the world? OK. The reason why is this...."
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"...sell very well. OK. And the sale was so bad, the auction was so bad, that it was sold piecemeal, OK? And one person..."
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"...the economist John Maynard Keynes, he bought Newton's papers at an auction. And he really believed that within these papers, he would discover mathematical..."
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