Isaac Newton (1643 - 1727) - photo 1

Isaac Newton

Isaac Newton was an English mathematician, physicist, astronomer, alchemist, theologian, and author (described in his time as a "natural philosopher"), widely recognised as one of the greatest mathematicians and physicists and among the most influential scientists of all time. He was a key figure in the philosophical revolution known as the Enlightenment. His book Philosophiæ Naturalis Principia Mathematica (Mathematical Principles of Natural Philosophy), first published in 1687, established classical mechanics. Newton also made seminal contributions to optics, and shares credit with German mathematician Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz for developing infinitesimal calculus.

In the Principia, Newton formulated the laws of motion and universal gravitation that formed the dominant scientific viewpoint until it was superseded by the theory of relativity. Newton used his mathematical description of gravity to derive Kepler's laws of planetary motion, account for tides, the trajectories of comets, the precession of the equinoxes and other phenomena, eradicating doubt about the Solar System's heliocentricity. He demonstrated that the motion of objects on Earth and celestial bodies could be accounted for by the same principles. Newton's inference that the Earth is an oblate spheroid was later confirmed by the geodetic measurements of Maupertuis, La Condamine, and others, convincing most European scientists of the superiority of Newtonian mechanics over earlier systems.

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Date and place of birt:4 january 1643, United Kingdom
Date and place of death:31 march 1727, London, United Kingdom
Nationality:United Kingdom
Period of activity: XVII, XVIII century
Specialization:Astronomer, Mathematician, Physicist, Scientist

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Daniel Quare (1648 - 1724)
Daniel Quare
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Samuel J. Herman (1936 - 2020)
Samuel J. Herman
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Ernest Herbert Whydale (1886 - 1952)
Ernest Herbert Whydale
1886 - 1952
Wyke Bayliss (1835 - 1906)
Wyke Bayliss
1835 - 1906
James Barry (1741 - 1806)
James Barry
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Lemuel Francis Abbott (1760 - 1802)
Lemuel Francis Abbott
1760 - 1802
William Barnes Wollen (1857 - 1936)
William Barnes Wollen
1857 - 1936
Herbert Sidney Percy (1863 - 1932)
Herbert Sidney Percy
1863 - 1932
Edward Moran (1829 - 1901)
Edward Moran
1829 - 1901
Alfred Gilbert (1854 - 1934)
Alfred Gilbert
1854 - 1934
John Dollman (1851 - 1934)
John Dollman
1851 - 1934
William Page Atkinson Wells (1872 - 1923)
William Page Atkinson Wells
1872 - 1923
George Wright (1860 - 1944)
George Wright
1860 - 1944
Reg Butler (1913 - 1981)
Reg Butler
1913 - 1981
Quentin Saxby Blake (1932)
Quentin Saxby Blake
1932
Christopher Richard Wynne Nevinson (1889 - 1946)
Christopher Richard Wynne Nevinson
1889 - 1946