law of inertia, postulate in physics that, if a body is at rest or moving at a constant speed in a straight line, it will remain at rest or keep moving in a straight line at constant speed unless it is acted upon by a force. The law of inertia was first formulated by Galileo Galilei for horizontal

interpolation: …then the following formula of Isaac Newton produces a polynomial function that fits the data: f(x) = a0 + a1(x − x0)h + a2(x − x0)(x − x1)2!h2

numerical analysis: Numerical linear and nonlinear algebra: This leads to Newton’s iterative method for finding successively better approximations to the desired root: x(k +1) = x(k) − f(x(k))f′(x(k)), k = 0, 1, 2, …, where f′(x) indicates the first derivative of

fluid mechanics: Convection: Newton’s law of cooling, which postulates a linear relationship, is obeyed only in circumstances where convection is prevented or in circumstances where it is forced (when a radiator is fan-assisted, for example).

Newton’s law of gravitation, statement that any particle of matter in the universe attracts any other with a force varying directly as the product of the masses and inversely as the square of the distance between them. In symbols, the magnitude of the attractive force F is equal to G (the

Newton’s law of gravitation, statement that any particle of matter in the universe attracts any other with a force varying directly as the product of the masses and inversely as the square of the distance between them. In symbols, the magnitude of the attractive force F is equal to G (the

Newton’s laws of motion, three statements describing the relations between the forces acting on a body and the motion of the body, first formulated by English physicist and mathematician Isaac Newton, which are the foundation of classical mechanics. Newton’s first law states that if a body is at

Newton’s method, a mathematical technique for solving equations involving a polynomial expression being equal to zero—that is, f(x) = 0. The method uses successive approximations to find a value of x that best gives a value of zero in the polynomial expression. The method was devised by Isaac

Newton’s rings, in optics, a series of concentric light- and dark-coloured bands observed between two pieces of glass when one is convex and rests on its convex side on another piece having a flat surface. Thus, a layer of air exists between them. The phenomenon is caused by the interference of

probability theory: Brownian motion process: …on a simple application of Newton’s second law: F = ma. Let V(t) denote the velocity of a colloidal particle of mass m. It is assumed that

Glen Ellyn, village, DuPage county, northeastern Illinois, U.S. It is a suburb of Chicago, lying 23 miles (37 km) west of downtown. Glen Ellyn’s phases of development were marked by seven name changes: Babcock’s Grove (1833), for the first settlers, Ralph and Morgan Babcock; DuPage Center (1834);

mechanics: Centre of mass: …the orbit, but, according to Newton’s third law, it must actually be accelerated by a force due to Earth that is equal and opposite to the force that the Sun exerts on Earth. In other words, considering only the Sun and Earth (ignoring, for example, all the other planets), if…

Alfred Newton was a British zoologist, one of the foremost ornithologists of his day. Newton studied at Magdalene College, Cambridge, and from 1854 to 1863, as a holder of the Drury Travelling Fellowship, visited Lapland, Iceland, the West Indies, North America, and Spitsbergen, in the Arctic

Carolina Panthers: …to select Heisman Trophy-winning quarterback Cam Newton. After a few seasons of middling results, Newton led the Panthers to a divisional title and playoff berth in 2013. The following season Carolina won the historically weak NFC South, capturing the division title with a 7–8–1 record. Nevertheless, the team won its…

Vogue: International editions and contributors: Helmut Newton, Hiro, and Annie Leibovitz. André Leon Talley was the first Black person to serve as creative director of American Vogue. In 2009 he wrote Vogue’s first cover story on U.S. first lady Michelle Obama, “Power of Change: Leading Lady.”

Huey P. Newton was an American political activist, cofounder (with Bobby Seale) of the Black Panther Party (originally called Black Panther Party for Self-Defense). Newton, who graduated from high school without ever having learned to read, taught himself how to read before attending Merritt

Huey P. Newton was an American political activist, cofounder (with Bobby Seale) of the Black Panther Party (originally called Black Panther Party for Self-Defense). Newton, who graduated from high school without ever having learned to read, taught himself how to read before attending Merritt

Isaac Newton was an English physicist and mathematician who was the culminating figure of the Scientific Revolution of the 17th century. In optics, his discovery of the composition of white light integrated the phenomena of colors into the science of light and laid the foundation for modern

John Newton was an English slave trader who became an Anglican minister, a hymn writer, and later a noted abolitionist, best known for his hymn “Amazing Grace.” His transformation from a faithless seaman to a man of deep faith is echoed in his work. Newton was born to a devout Nonconformist mother

comic strip: The origins of the comic strip: …Bunbury, George Woodward, and, notably, Richard Newton, who in his brief career combined elements of Hogarthian satire with the grotesque exaggerations of Thomas Rowlandson and James Gillray. Economy of line, instantaneity of comic effect, and visual and verbal wit now became the hallmark of the strip. With the story concentrated…

Oliver Twist: …the brutal Bill Sikes (Robert Newton). Oliver is eventually able to escape from this life but not without difficulties.

Sir Charles Thomas Newton was a British archaeologist who excavated sites in southwestern Turkey and disinterred the remains of one of the seven wonders of the ancient world, the Mausoleum of Halicarnassus (at present-day Bodrum, Turkey). He also helped to establish systematic methods for

Isaac Newton was an English physicist and mathematician who was the culminating figure of the Scientific Revolution of the 17th century. In optics, his discovery of the composition of white light integrated the phenomena of colors into the science of light and laid the foundation for modern

history of photography: Early developments: …Academy), invited the miniature painter Sir William Newton to read the paper “Upon Photography in an Artistic View” (Journal of the Photographic Society, 1853). Newton’s argument was that photographs could be useful so long as they were taken “in accordance [as far as it is possible] with the acknowledged principles…

Crash: …and his wife, Christine (Thandie Newton). Cameron is deferential but Christine is argumentative, and Ryan molests and humiliates her while patting her down. The locksmith Daniel goes home to find his young daughter, Lara (Ashlyn Sanchez), hiding under her bed, afraid that a bullet from a shooting in the…

Sedgefield: Aycliffe, also called Newton Aycliffe, was the first official new town in the north of England, designated in 1947 in conjunction with a revamped World War II ordnance factory. The industrial estate established there had expanded by the early 1980s to provide employment for 12,000…

Olivia Newton-John was a British-Australian singer and actress known for her gentle voice, her purity of tone, and her perfect pitch. Newton-John achieved worldwide stardom in a variety of musical genres and was especially well known for her starring role in Grease (1978), one of the most

Newton’s method, a mathematical technique for solving equations involving a polynomial expression being equal to zero—that is, f(x) = 0. The method uses successive approximations to find a value of x that best gives a value of zero in the polynomial expression. The method was devised by Isaac

amorphous solid: Distinction between crystalline and amorphous solids: …erroneously describe glasses as undercooled viscous liquids, but this is actually incorrect. Along the section of route 2 labeled liquid in Figure 3, it is the portion lying between Tf and Tg that is correctly associated with the description of the material as an undercooled liquid (undercooled meaning that its…

reference frame: …known as a Newtonian, or inertial reference, frame. The laws are also valid in any set of rigid axes moving with constant velocity and without rotation relative to the inertial frame; this concept is known as the principle of Newtonian or Galilean relativity. A coordinate system attached to the Earth…

amorphous solid: Distinction between crystalline and amorphous solids: …erroneously describe glasses as undercooled viscous liquids, but this is actually incorrect. Along the section of route 2 labeled liquid in Figure 3, it is the portion lying between Tf and Tg that is correctly associated with the description of the material as an undercooled liquid (undercooled meaning that its…

mechanics: Classical mechanics deals with the motion of bodies under the influence of forces or with the equilibrium of bodies when all forces are balanced. The subject may be thought of as the elaboration and application of basic postulates first enunciated by Isaac Newton in his…

telescope: Reflecting telescopes: The Newtonian reflector is popular among amateur telescope makers.

mechanics: Centrifugal force: According to the principle of Galilean relativity, if Newton’s laws are true in any reference frame, they are also true in any other frame moving at constant velocity with respect to the first one. Conversely, they do not appear to be true in any frame accelerated with respect to the…

Galilean transformations, set of equations in classical physics that relate the space and time coordinates of two systems moving at a constant velocity relative to each other. Adequate to describe phenomena at speeds much smaller than the speed of light, Galilean transformations formally express

Francesco Algarotti: A year later Algarotti wrote Il Newtonianismo per le dame (1737; “Newtonianism for Ladies”), a popular exposition of Newtonian optics. Following an extended visit to Russia in 1738–39, chronicled in the lively and informative letters collected in his Viaggi di Russia (1769; “Travels in Russia”; Eng. trans. Letters from Count…

Newtown, new town, Powys county, historic county of Montgomeryshire (Sir Drefaldwyn), central Wales. It is located on the River Severn, 15 miles (24 km) southwest of Welshpool, and includes the small community of Llanllwchaiarn just to the northeast. In 1967 Newtown was designated the second new

Newtown Saint Boswells, village, Scottish Borders council area, historic county of Roxburghshire, Scotland, lying in the Tweed basin southeast of Edinburgh on the Edinburgh-Newcastle road. Before 1929 its population consisted mainly of railway employees. Since then its main function has changed to

Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting, mass shooting in Newtown, Connecticut, on December 14, 2012, that left 26 people dead and 2 injured at the school. After murdering his mother at their home, Adam Lanza fatally shot 20 children and 6 adults at Sandy Hook Elementary School before taking his own

Newtownabbey: The former Newtownabbey district bordered the former districts of Larne and Carrickfergus to the east, Ballymena to the north, and Antrim to the west. Belfast City lies to the south. The southern slopes of the Antrim Mountains extend into the northern and eastern parts, but most of…

Newtownabbey, town and former district (1973–2015) within the former county of Antrim, now in Antrim and Newtownabbey district, eastern Northern Ireland. The town of Newtownabbey, formed in 1958 by the amalgamation of seven villages, is a residential continuation of the city of Belfast on the

Newtownards, town, Ards and North Down district, eastern Northern Ireland, situated at the northern end of Strangford Lough (inlet of the sea), just east of Belfast. It was founded by Sir Hugh Montgomery in 1608 at the site of a ruined Dominican friary (established 1244 by Walter de Burgh, earl of

Jeffrey Katzenberg: One of its ventures was Quibi (formerly NewTV), a start-up focusing on short-form videos for mobile devices. The app was launched in April 2020. It struggled, however, and in October it was announced that Quibi was shutting down.

weather forecasting: Measurements and ideas as the basis for weather prediction: …next-generation Doppler weather radar (NEXRAD) was largely in place in the United States, which allowed meteorologists to predict severe weather events with additional lead time before their occurrence. During the late 1990s and early 21st century, computer processing power increased, which allowed weather bureaus to produce more-sophisticated ensemble forecasts—that…

Stardust/NExT, a U.S. space probe that captured and returned dust grains from interplanetary space and from a comet. Stardust was launched on February 7, 1999. It flew past the asteroid Annefrank on November 2, 2002, and the comet Wild 2 on January 2, 2004. A sample capsule containing the dust

John Schlesinger: Films of the 1990s and final work: …the victim of rape, and The Next Best Thing (2000), in which Madonna played a yoga instructor who decides to have a baby with her gay best friend (Rupert Everett).

David Bowie: Later career: …nearly a decade later with The Next Day (2013), a collection of assured, mostly straightforward, rock songs. The searching, jazz-infused Blackstar (2016) was released two days before his death from cancer. The album is considered a masterwork and received multiple posthumous awards, including four Grammy Awards(2017) and a BRIT Award…

Denis Villeneuve: …a short comedy about gluttony, Next Floor (2008), and followed with Polytechnique (2009), a disturbing and affecting dramatization of a real-life massacre of 14 women that had happened at a Montreal university in 1989. Incendies (2010), adapted from a play by Wajdi Mouawad, uses a story of Montreal twins fulfilling…

Ice Cube: Film and TV career: … (1991), the Friday series (1995, 2000, 2002), the Barbershop series (2002, 2004, 2016), and 21 Jump Street (2012) and 22 Jump Street (2014). Throughout his career, he acted alongside major stars like Bernie Mac, Jennifer Lopez,

Taika Waititi: Jojo Rabbit and Reservation Dogs: …2023 Waititi directed and cowrote Next Goal Wins, a sports comedy about a football (soccer) team in American Samoa. He also acted in the film, which starred Michael Fassbender. Waititi then cocreated the miniseries Time Bandits (2024), a remake of Terry Gilliam’s 1981 fantasy-adventure about a young boy’s time-jumping travels.…

Steve Jobs: NeXT and Pixar: Jobs quickly started another firm, NeXT Inc., designing powerful workstation computers for the education market. His funding partners included Texan entrepreneur Ross Perot and Canon Inc., a Japanese electronics company. Although the NeXT computer was notable for its engineering design, it was eclipsed by less costly computers from competitors such…

Pat Morita: Stand-up comedy and acting: …Kid Part III (1989), and The Next Karate Kid (1994).

Patrick Swayze: …films—including Road House (1989) and Next of Kin (1989)—before being cast as the romantic lead opposite Demi Moore in Ghost, a supernatural drama that was a box office sensation. For his portrayal of a murdered investment banker who becomes a ghost, Swayze was nominated for his second Golden Globe. His…

Atom Egoyan: …experiences for such films as Next of Kin (1984), in which a young man masquerades as a lost son of an Armenian family; he first gained widespread recognition when that film was chosen to be shown at the Toronto International Film Festival. Egoyan next directed Family Viewing, a story about…

Sidney Crosby is a Canadian ice hockey player who in 2007 became the youngest captain of a National Hockey League (NHL) team and who led the Pittsburgh Penguins to three Stanley Cup championships (2009, 2016, and 2017). Crosby is the only player to captain teams to a Stanley Cup, an Olympic gold

Christopher Walken: Early life and career: …appeared in Paul Mazursky’s autobiographical Next Stop, Greenwich Village (1976) and the horror film The Sentinel (1977) before winning notice for a small part as the title character’s apparently suicidal brother in Woody Allen’s Annie Hall (1977).

Jean-Louis Trintignant: …Trintignant, including L’Été prochain (1985; Next Summer) and the television movie L’Insoumise (1996; “The Unsubdued”).

Russell Crowe: Master and Commander, 3:10 to Yuma, and Robin Hood: …from prison in the thriller The Next Three Days. In The Man with the Iron Fists (2012), an homage to kung fu movies, he played a roguish English soldier in feudal China, and in the musical Les Misérables (2012) he performed the role of the determined police inspector Javert. Crowe…

Garson Kanin: Film directing: … written by Dalton Trumbo, and Next Time I Marry, a screwball comedy starring Lucille Ball. The Great Man Votes (1939) was Kanin’s first critical success, thanks largely to a moving performance by John Barrymore. An acerbic satire on politicians and pollsters, it depicts an alcoholic former professor who is about…

Jimmie Johnson: NASCAR: 2001–10: …Series and, in 2008, the Sprint Cup Series.) He also earned his first Busch Series win in 2001, at Chicagoland Speedway, winding up eighth in that series’s point standings. In 2002 he began his rookie season in the Cup Series, winning three races and ending the season ranked fifth. Two…

nexum, in very early Roman law, a type of formal contract involving the loan of money under such oppressive conditions that it might result in the debtor’s complete subjection to the creditor. The transaction was accomplished by means of a ritual employing scales and copper, the traditional symbols

Google: Android OS and entry into the smartphone market: …Apple’s iPhone by introducing the Nexus One smartphone. Nicknamed the “Google Phone,” the Nexus One used the latest version of Android and featured a large, vibrant display screen, aesthetically pleasing design, and a voice-to-text messaging system that was based on advanced voice-recognition software. However, its lack of native support for…

Elisabet Ney was a sculptor remembered for her statues and busts of European and Texas personages of the mid- to late 19th century. Ney was the daughter of a stonecutter, and from him she inherited artistic ambitions. She studied drawing privately in her home city of Münster and at the Royal

Elisabet Ney was a sculptor remembered for her statues and busts of European and Texas personages of the mid- to late 19th century. Ney was the daughter of a stonecutter, and from him she inherited artistic ambitions. She studied drawing privately in her home city of Münster and at the Royal

Michel Ney was one of the best known of Napoleon’s marshals (from 1804). He pledged his allegiance to the restored Bourbon monarchy when Napoleon abdicated in 1814. Upon Napoleon’s return in 1815, Ney rejoined him and commanded the Old Guard at the Battle of Waterloo. Under the monarchy, again

Michel Ney was one of the best known of Napoleon’s marshals (from 1804). He pledged his allegiance to the restored Bourbon monarchy when Napoleon abdicated in 1814. Upon Napoleon’s return in 1815, Ney rejoined him and commanded the Old Guard at the Battle of Waterloo. Under the monarchy, again

Neyagawa, city, Ōsaka fu (urban prefecture), Honshu, Japan, in the northern part of the Kōchi-gawa (Kōchi River) plain. Many ancient relics attest to prehistoric settlement in the area. With the construction of a railway line to Ōsaka in 1910, Neyagawa grew as a residential suburb. The few

Jerzy Neyman was a Polish mathematician and statistician who, working in Russian, Polish, and then English, helped to establish the statistical theory of hypothesis testing. Neyman was a principal founder of modern theoretical statistics. In 1968, he was awarded the prestigious National Medal of

Neymar is a Brazilian football (soccer) player who has the most international goals of any Brazilian footballer, having scored his 79th goal in 2023 to surpass Brazilian football legend Pelé’s record. Often regarded as one of the best modern footballers, Neymar is an exponent of jogo bonito

Neyshābūr, town, northeastern Iran. Neyshābūr is situated 46 miles (74 km) west of Meshed. The town, which has shifted its position repeatedly in historical times, lies at an elevation of 3,980 feet (1,213 metres) in a wide, well-watered, and fertile plain at the southern foot of the Bīnālūd

Nez Percé, North American Indian people whose traditional territory centred on the lower Snake River and such tributaries as the Salmon and Clearwater rivers in what is now northeastern Oregon, southeastern Washington, and central Idaho, U.S. They were the largest, most powerful, and best-known of

Nez Percé: …Americans eventually evolved into the Nez Percé War of 1877. For five months a small band of 250 Nez Percé warriors, under the leadership of Chief Joseph, held off a U.S. force of 5,000 troops led by Gen. Oliver O. Howard, who tracked them through Idaho, Yellowstone Park, and Montana…

Nezahualcóyotl, municipality northeast of Mexico City, México estado (state), central Mexico. Situated at the northeastern end of the Valle de México just outside of Mexico City, Nezahualcóyotl has become one of Mexico’s largest localities. Settlement began shortly after 1900, when Lake Texcoco was

Neẓāmī was the greatest romantic epic poet in Persian literature, who brought a colloquial and realistic style to the Persian epic. Little is known of Neẓāmī’s life. Orphaned at a young age, he spent his entire life in Ganja, leaving only once to meet the ruling prince. Although he enjoyed the

Ferdowsī: …reliable source is given by Neẓāmī-ye ʿArūẓī, a 12th-century poet who visited Ferdowsī’s tomb in 1116 or 1117 and collected the traditions that were current in his birthplace less than a century after his death.

stink bug: Major species: The southern green stink bug, or green vegetable bug (Nezara viridula), which occurs worldwide, damages beans, berries, tomatoes, and other garden crops. The rice stink bug (Oebalus pugneax) causes severe losses to the rice crop in North America. Control measures include the use of pesticides and…

lymphatic system: Diseases of the lymphatic system: …autoimmune diseases, DiGeorge syndrome and Nezelof disease, result in the failure of the thymus to develop and in the subsequent reduction in T-cell numbers, and removal of the bursa from chickens results in a decrease in B-cell counts. The destruction of bone marrow also has devastating effects on the immune…

Yannick Nézet-Séguin is a Canadian conductor and pianist who was music director of the Philadelphia Orchestra (2012– ), which he was credited with revitalizing through a dynamic mixture of “music-making and diplomacy,” and of the Metropolitan Opera (2018– ) in New York City. As a young man,

Nizhyn, city, north-central Ukraine. Nizhyn dates from the 11th century and was incorporated in 1781. It served as a regimental centre in the Cossack-controlled state known as the Hetmanate. It contains several buildings from the 17th and 18th centuries, including the cathedrals of St. Nicholas and

Battle of Nizip, (June 24, 1839), battle between forces of the Ottoman Empire and those of Muḥammad ʿAlī, viceroy of Egypt, at Nizip (now in southeastern Turkey), in which the Ottomans were defeated. Their empire was spared only by the intervention of Great Britain, Austria, Russia, and Prussia.

Neziqin, (Hebrew: “Damages”), the fourth of the six major divisions, or orders (sedarim), of the Mishna (codification of Jewish oral laws), which was given its final form early in the 3rd century ad by Judah ha-Nasi. Neziqin deals principally with legally adjudicated damages and financial

Czech literature: After 1918: …Deml, Josef Hora, František Halas, Vítězslav Nezval, and Jaroslav Seifert exhibited great vitality and variety, with work of the highest quality being produced. After World War II, however, the newly established communist regime suppressed free literary activity and permitted only works conforming to the drab and restrictive tenets of Socialist…

neilah, in Judaism, the last of the five Yom Kippur services. As the concluding rite of Yom Kippur, the service is the most sacred of the yearly liturgy and is expressed in melodies of great solemnity. When the shofar (ritual ram’s horn) sounds at the close of the neilah, the synagogue service ends

neilah, in Judaism, the last of the five Yom Kippur services. As the concluding rite of Yom Kippur, the service is the most sacred of the yearly liturgy and is expressed in melodies of great solemnity. When the shofar (ritual ram’s horn) sounds at the close of the neilah, the synagogue service ends

history of the blind: The organization of the blind in the United States: …in 1940 to charter the National Federation of the Blind (NFB). The NFB organized affiliates across the United States to become the largest advocacy group of blind people. The NFB began publishing the Braille Monitor in 1957 and produced a number of leaders in the “blind movement” who advanced the…

National Film Board of Canada (NFB), Canadian department of film production. It was established in 1939 and directed by John Grierson (1898–1972), who developed the studio into a leading producer of documentaries, including the World War II propaganda series Canada Carries On and The World in

National Federation of Independent Business (NFIB), the largest political advocacy organization in the United States that represents small and independent businesses. NFIB was founded in 1943, and it provides resources to small business owners and managers and works to influence national and state

National Football League (NFL), major American professional football organization, founded in 1920 in Canton, Ohio, as the American Professional Football Association. Its first president was Jim Thorpe, an outstanding American athlete who was also a player in the league. The NFL’s present name was

American football: Showmanship on the field: …League of American Football (later NFL Europe; disbanded in 2007). The African American athletes who increasingly dominated football also brought a new style to the game. The beginnings of end zone dances in the 1970s escalated into highly choreographed routines, followed by other attention-grabbing gestures by defensive as well as…

Canton: …in organizing the sport, the Pro Football Hall of Fame was established there in 1963.

Gene Upshaw: …the executive director of the NFL Players Association (NFLPA; 1983–2008).

Gene Upshaw: …the executive director of the NFL Players Association (NFLPA; 1983–2008).

Fabianism: …Fabianism was revived with the New Fabian Research Bureau (NFRB), formed by Cole independently of the society in 1931. The NFRB included a number of social-democratic intellectuals, such as Leonard Woolf, William Robson, Hugh Dalton, and Evan Durbin. Laski was briefly involved in the early 1930s. The bureau amalgamated with…

basketball: The early years: …during the same year the National Federation of State High School Associations likewise assumed the task of establishing separate playing rules for the high schools. The National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Rules Committee for men is a 12-member board representing all three NCAA divisions. It has six members from Division…

non-fungible token (NFT), a non-interchangeable digital asset such as a photograph, song, or video whose ownership has been authenticated and stored on a database called a blockchain and which can be collected, sold, and traded on various online platforms. (Read Britannica’s biography of this

Have you ever thought about buying a non-fungible token—an NFT? If you aren’t terribly interested in owning digital art, then you may think NFTs just aren’t for you. But did you know that NFTs can be used to digitally establish ownership of almost anything? A non-fungible token uses a smart

United Farm Workers (UFW), U.S. labor union founded in 1962 as the National Farm Workers Association by the labor leaders and activists Cesar Chavez and Dolores Huerta. It seeks to empower migrant farmworkers and to improve their wages and working conditions. The union also works to promote

Celeste Ng is an American writer who authored several best-selling novels, including Everything I Never Told You (2014) and Little Fires Everywhere (2017). Her work often includes elements of mystery, family drama, and social commentary. Ng was born to parents who emigrated from Hong Kong in the

Āpirana Ngata: …the Polynesian society and his Nga Moteatea (1929), largely a collection of songs and chants of the various Māori tribes.

Ngugi wa Thiong’o: …in Kikuyu, Ngaahika Ndeenda (1977; I Will Marry When I Want), the performance of which led to his detention for a year without trial by the Kenyan government. (His book Detained: A Writer’s Prison Diary, which was published in 1981, describes his ordeal.) The play attacks capitalism, religious hypocrisy, and…