Isaac Newton is buried in Westminster Abbey, where Charles Darwin, James Clerk Maxwell, and Michael Faraday also rest. Isaac Newton died of gout and lung inflammation. At Isaac Newton’s funeral, Voltaire reported: “I saw a professor of mathematics, simply because he was particularly good at his profession, buried like a king who had provided for the well-being of his subjects.” In the West, science and government have formed an alliance. This will make the difference.
