Even smart people were impressed by Issac Newton. Newton’s Philosophiæ Naturalis Principia Mathematica is considered one of the greatest works of science where Newton explains his theory of gravity and his famous laws of motion. Mathematician Joseph-Louis Lagrange called Newton the greatest genius to ever live and poet Alexander Pope wrote after Newton’s death “Nature and nature’s laws lay hid in night;
God said “Let Newton be” and all was light.” This was before there was a New York Times Best-Seller’s list.