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| Isaac Newton mathematician, astronomer, and physicist |
Died : 31 March 1727 (aged 84) Kensington, Middlesex, England
Resting place : Westminster Abbey
Nationality : English
Alma mater : Trinity College, Cambridge
Known for
- Newtonian mechanics
- Universal gravitation
- Calculus
- Newton's laws of motion
- OpticsBinomial series
- PrincipiaNewton's method
Awards
- FRS (1672)
- Knight Bachelor (1705
Fields
- PhysicsNatural philosophy
- AlchemyTheology
- MathematicsAstronomy
- Economics
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Sir Isaac Newton was an English mathematician, astronomer, theologian, author and physicist who is widely recognised as one of the most influential scientists of all time, and a key figure in the scientific revolution. His book Mathematical Principles of Natural Philosophy, first published in 1687, laid the foundations of classical mechanics.
In Principia, Newton formulated the laws of motion and universal gravitation that formed the dominant scientific viewpoint until being superseded by the theory of relativity.Newton also built the first practical reflecting telescope and developed a sophisticated theory of colour based on the observation that a prism separates white light into the colours of the visible spectrum. His work on light was collected in his highly influential book Opticks, published in 1704. He also formulated an empirical law of cooling, made the first theoretical calculation of the speed of sound, and introduced the notion of a Newtonian fluid. In addition to his work on calculus, as a mathematician Newton contributed to the study of power series, generalised the binomial theorem to non-integer exponents, developed a method for approximating the roots of a function, and classified most of the cubic plane curves.
Quotes
If I have seen further than others, it is by standing upon the shoulders of giants.
I can calculate the motion of heavenly bodies, but not the madness of people.
To every action there is always opposed an equal reaction.
Tact is the knack of making a point without making an enemy.
Truth is ever to be found in simplicity, and not in the multiplicity and confusion of things.
This most beautiful system of the sun, planets and comets, could only proceed from the counsel and dominion of an intelligent and powerful Being.
If I have done the public any service, it is due to my patient thought.
If I have ever made any valuable discoveries, it has been owing more to patient attention, than to any other talent.
Every body continues in its state of rest, or of uniform motion in a right line, unless it is compelled to change that state by forces impressed upon it.
To myself I am only a child playing on the beach, while vast oceans of truth lie undiscovered before me.
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