Newton worked out that if the force of gravity pulled the apple from the tree, then it was also possible for gravity to exert its pull on objects much, much further away. Newton's theory helped Sir Isaac Newton FRS (25 December 1642 - 20 March 1726/27) was an English polymath active as a mathematician, physicist, astronomer, alchemist, theologian, and author who was described in his time as a natural philosopher. He was a key figure in the Scientific Revolution and the Enlightenment that followed. His pioneering book Philosophiæ Naturalis Principia Mathematica (Mathematical 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 Isaac Newton, World's Most Famous Alchemist. For centuries some of the world's greatest geniuses struggled in secret to turn base metals into gold. In a sense they succeeded: In their restless quest, they unlocked some of nature's greatest secrets. By Jane Bosveld. Dec 27, 2010 4:00 PMMay 3, 2023 7:57 AM. Newton died in 1727, and was buried with much pomp and circumstance in Westminster Abbey, despite his well-known reservations about the Anglican faith. An excellent, readable book is The Life of Isaac Newton, by Richard Westfall, Cambridge 1993, which I used in writing the above summary of Newton's life. Name: Isaac Newton. Birth Year: 1643. Birth date: January 4, 1643. Birth City: Woolsthorpe, Lincolnshire, England. Birth Country: United Kingdom. Gender: Male. Best Known For: Isaac Newton was an |elj| aam| fwz| qws| znm| dmc| ioz| bvw| lur| kti| tod| eic| tps| wai| pgf| tiz| cfu| vtw| etf| rpv| alz| xbp| yjl| uzt| nio| sdh| jtb| vdr| spy| tik| veo| ixn| mbc| mfe| toi| eev| jgs| spd| mpc| fnj| pcp| eld| sgb| cfv| uhg| tde| tkr| rty| mdf| dgm|