Guest Post: Tom Levenson on Isaac Newton as the First Cosmologist

A little treat for loyal CV readers: Tom Levenson is a professor of science writing at MIT, and the proprietor of the Inverse Square Blog, one of the most erudite scientifically-minded outposts in this blogosphere of ours. I've been enjoying how Tom writes engagingly about science while mixing in cultural and artistic references, so I asked if he would like to guest-blog a bit here at CV. This is the first of three posts he'll be contributing; look for the other two later this week. [Here is two, and here is three.] ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Monday Isaac Newton blogging: A little light reading, Principia edition.Update: See correction below.** To introduce myself to the Cosmic Variance community (at Sean’s very kind invitation), let me just admit up front that I am a glutton for punishment. Exhibit A: last year I read the Principia for pleasure.* That’s not exactly right– it is more accurate ...