Free Broken Symmetries: Age of Illuminati by H Ormziar

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    Chapter 11
     
    Kate Gould was waiting in her accommodation room at Trinity College thinking about the call she had just received from her ex-partner. ‘Mark said he was with a colleague and had some questions about Newton, but he was never interested enough to ask about Newton before, so why is he suddenly interested now?!’ she wondered. ‘He didn’t tell me who his new colleague was. Could she be a co-worker or maybe his new partner, but why would he want me to meet her? Does he think I’m the jealous kind who cares about him?’ she thought to herself as she couldn’t believe that Mark was interested in Newton’s life.
    After a moment, her door buzzer rung and she thought this could be Mark and his colleague arriving. She walked down the stairs and opened the door, and when she saw Mark with another man, she felt a light relief.
    “Hi Kate, good to see you. This is my colleague, Hast,” Mark said starting the conversation.
    Kate and Hast exchanged greetings as Mark introduced them to each other.
    “How are you, Kate? It’s been a long time since we last met,” Mark said.
    “I’m great. I’ll soon be finishing my PhD and will be going to live with my partner,” she said. “He is a very accomplished guy, and he’s just bought a new house on the coast…”
    “I’m very happy for you,” Mark interrupted trying to change the topic. “You might be wondering why we wanted to meet with you.”
    Mark started to explain to her that his friend, Hast, was also exploring and researching some aspects of Newton’s life and had some important unanswered questions. Then Hast asked her about Newton’s religious life and his prediction for the date of Judgement Day.
    “It’s interesting that you ask about it, as this part of Newton’s life is not very much explored,” she said. “He was a very religious man and was deeply interested in the prophecies of Abrahamic faiths.”
    “I only know about Newton from physics lectures,” Mark said.
    “Actually, at his time there was no subject called physics. Newton was an alchemist.” She continued, “He is well-known among the physicists because of his scientific works in PRINCIPA and OPTICKS, but other than that, he wrote many more books about theology and Abrahamic faith prophecies.”
    “It’s amazing that he had this deeply religious side, yet we don’t find the religious component in his scientific works!” Hast said.
    “You are right. My partner also finds that part of my study interesting, and it appears that Newton had a double personality. His writings about science look very different to his writings about theology,” she said.
    “Like he was possessed by a spirit when writing about the prophecies?” Hast said curiously.
    “I’m not sure. Scholars claim that his odd behavior was probably due to his work with chemicals like mercury and their poisonous effect on his brain.”
    “And what was his prediction about the Apocalypse date?” Hast asked.
    “He predicted 2060 to be the end-day,” she said.
    “2060!” both Hast and Mark repeated loudly.
    “You mean this year?” Hast asked fearfully.
    Kate was surprised by their reaction. She thought, ‘It’s just a myth, so why do they look so serious and afraid!’
    “Do you know the exact date?” Mark replied.
    “Not really, but according to his predictions it’s sometime within 2060, but he didn’t specify an exact date,” she answered.
    Both Mark and Hast looked at each other communicating their surprise and wonder.
    “Don’t worry. It’s just a myth, and I don’t believe in Doomsday,” she said.
    “Are there any other specific prophecies by Newton about the Judgement Day?” Hast asked.
    “Not that important. In my thesis I didn’t explore this part of Newton’s work but I can send you some references if you want,” she said.
    “That would be great,” Hast said.
    Mark turned to Hast. “Actually,