Good evening ladies and gentlemen. Welcome to the eighth session of the V-50 Lectures. In Lecture #6, I demonstrated that there is a direct connection between Isaac Newton’s integration of the physical sciences in 1665-1666 and the development of what is called the Industrial Revolution. John Locke, influenced by his friend Isaac Newton, states that the principal function of what is called government is to protect property. Thomas Paine, in turn influenced by both Newton and Locke, it was Paine who launched what came to be called the American Revolution. Like Kepler and Galileo before him, Paine makes a complete and total break with all past tradition. He introduces a very simple concept, a new concept. He said, “We don’t need a king”.