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Audio Interchange File Format  |  1994-05-23  |  712.2 KB  |  1 channel  |  22,254.5 sample rate  |  32 seconds
Transcription: Isaac Newton was not a pleasant man. His relations with other academics were notorious, with most of his later life spent embroiled in heated disputes. Following publication of Brinquebia Mathematica, surely the most influential book ever written in physics, Newton had risen rapidly into public prominence. He was appointed president of the Royal Society, and became the first scientist ever to be knighted.