Science

Isaac Newton

1643 to 1727, Lincolnshire, England

The laws of motion, gravitation, and the mathematics of the cosmos.

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Lessons

The Laws of Motion

Newton’s three laws of motion - inertia, force and acceleration, action and reaction - the foundation of classical mechanics and the science of how bodies move.

Light and Colour

Newton’s experiments with the prism, which showed that white light is composed of all the colours of the spectrum - the foundation of the science of optics and a model of experimental method.

The Invention of Calculus

Newton’s invention of the calculus - the mathematics of change, motion, and the infinitely small - which gave science the tool to describe a world in continuous flux.

Universal Gravitation

Newton’s law of universal gravitation - that every body attracts every other with a force proportional to their masses and inversely proportional to the square of the distance - which unified the heavens and the earth u…

The System of the World

Newton’s Principia and the birth of modern physics - the unified mathematical system that brought the whole cosmos under universal law, defined the method of science, and inaugurated the modern scientific age.

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