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Isaac Newton
English physicist and mathematician
Also known as: Sir Isaac Newton
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- In full:
- Sir Isaac Newton
- Born:
- December 25, 1642 [January 4, 1643, New Style], Woolsthorpe, Lincolnshire, England
- Died:
- March 20 [March 31], 1727, London (aged 84)
- Notable Works:
- “Opticks”
- “Principia”
- “The Method of Fluxions and Infinite Series”
- Subjects Of Study:
- Newtonian fluid
- Newton’s law of cooling
- colour
- light
- white light
- Role In:
- Scientific Revolution
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Isaac Newton (born December 25, 1642 [January 4, 1643, New Style], Woolsthorpe, Lincolnshire, England—died March 20 [March 31], 1727, London) 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 colours into the science of light and laid the foundation for modern physical optics. In mechanics, his three laws of motion, the basic principles of modern physics, resulted in the formulation of the law of universal gravitation. In mathematics, he was the original discoverer of the infinitesimal calculus. Newton’s ...(100 of 5543 words)