In one of the recent books I read, I've heard that Newton didn't want his material accessible, as it would keep out the dilettantes. He wanted only a select few to understand a lot of what he wrote, which is part of the reason they're difficult.
(I think it was either Gleick's book on Information Theory, or the Drunkard's Walk, but it could have been any of the half dozen books I've been absorbed into lately)
(I think it was either Gleick's book on Information Theory, or the Drunkard's Walk, but it could have been any of the half dozen books I've been absorbed into lately)