On the outskirts of Cambridge, next door to the Lyndsey McDermott hair salon on Castle Street, is a pub called the Sir Isaac Newton. Ask those inside why it's so named and drinkers are likely to stare at you, muttering something about British greatness, history or the small fact that Newton was educated at the university down the road. But the pub's name reminds us that Newton not only is still a highly influential scientist, but remains a popular icon too. Indeed, his name has also been given to Cambridge University Library's online course catalogue, to an orbiting X-ray observatory and a unit of force, as well as a computer operating system.
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机译：在剑桥市郊，城堡街的林德西·麦克德莫特（Lyndsey McDermott）发廊隔壁，是一家名为艾萨克·牛顿爵士（Sir Isaac Newton）的酒吧。询问内部人士为何如此取名，饮酒者可能盯着你，,咕一些关于英国的伟大，历史或牛顿就读于大学的小事实。但是酒吧的名字提醒我们牛顿不仅仍然是一位很有影响力的科学家，而且仍然是一个受欢迎的偶像。确实，他的名字也被赋予了剑桥大学图书馆的在线课程目录，一个X射线轨道观测台和一个部队以及一个计算机操作系统。
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