Sir Isaac Newton (1643‑1927) was an English mathematician and physicist who developed influential theories on light, calculus and celestial mechanics. Years of research culminated with the 1687 publication of “Principia,” his landmark work that established the universal laws of motion and gravity.

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Sir Isaac Newton’s law of inertia states an object will continue to move in a straight line unless acted on by another force. But then, how did this explain why the moon orbited the earth? What was the other force? Newton theorized the same force that caused an apple to fall from a tree was also the force that kept the moon in place. Over several years, Newton worked until he had developed the law of universal gravitation, which debuted in his book Mathematical Principles of Natural…

Sir Isaac Newton

At the end of the millennium, Physics World magazine conducted a poll where they asked 100 of the world’s leading physicists who they considered to be the top 10 greatest scientist of all time. The number one scientist they identified was Albert Einstein, with Sir Isaac Newton coming in second. Beyond being the most famous … Continue reading "Who was Albert Einstein?"

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Isaac Newton

Sir Isaac Newton was born in England on January 4, 1643. He was a physicist, mathematician, astronomer, natural philosopher and alchemist. In 1687, he published "Mathematical Principles of Natural Philosophy", expounding gravitation and the three laws of motion, which laid the foundation for world physics and astronomy, and became the foundation of modern engineering.