Isaac Newton

Sir Isaac Newton was an English polymath who was a mathematician, physicist, astronomer, alchemist, theologian, author and inventor. He was a key figure in the Scientific Revolution and the Enlightenment that followed. His book Philosophiæ Naturalis Principia Mathematica, first published in 1687, achieved the first great unification in physics and established classical mechanics. Newton also made seminal contributions to optics, and shares credit with the German mathematician Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz for formulating infinitesimal calculus, although he developed calculus years before Leibniz. Newton contributed to and refined the scientific method, and his work is considered the most influential in bringing forth modern science.

classical formulation of Mechanics by Isaac Newton

SI unit of force

classical mechanics physical law

algorithm for finding a zero of a function

type of reflecting telescope

physical law

year during which events of major importance occurred, often referring to a specific year

theory

stylistic device to acknowledge previous discoveries

aspect of history

rotating disc with segments in rainbow colours that appears as white or grey when spun fast

country house in Woolsthorpe-by-Colsterworth, Lincolnshire, England, UK

famous phrase used by Isaac Newton in one of his essays

relations between power sums and elementary symmetric functions

thought experiment

argument between Isaac Newton and Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz over who had first invented calculus

inequality relating elementary symmetric means

gold medal awarded annually by the Institute of Physics

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Works by Newton now seen as non-scientific

approximation of General Relativity

thumb|Title page of Isaac Newton's Opticks

Theorem in classical mechanics

green's function for Laplacian

Depth of projectile penetration

tool for solving algebraic equations with valued coefficients

argument demonstrating that rotational motion cannot be defined as the relative rotation of the body with respect to the immediately surrounding bodies

society wit, Isaac Newton's niece

book by George Berkeley

probability problem

British politician

English counterfeit coiner and confidence trickster

deterministic model of the universe

formulation of physics