invented? so LGBTQ+ just didn't exist before Isaac Newton. that sounds prety homophophic to me.

This is what you can expect from a mathematician. Always ahead of the curve.

Damn, you beat me to it

Wish we'd do this to academics more often. Give them enough to live on, no responsibilities, and beat anyone who tries to socialize with them with a big stick.

He was into Pink Floyd before they were cool (or were born).

First read as Sourdough Newton. Thought maybe that was like a fig newton you made during lockdown.

Or maybe sounds like a classic rock cover band singer who would have opened for Meatloaf in the 1980s.

I thought so too so I checked. The plague came in many waves (famously the black death was in the 1300s which may be why we were confused) but there was a major plague outbreak in 1665-1666 which is when Newton was doing his work on optics.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Plague_of_London

They come out due to UV light. It is know as the photoeclectic effect.