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Isaac Newton’s Achievements
Isaac Newton was one of the great figures in the history of science. His ideas about motion and gravity are fundamental to the science of physics and other fields. Newton also shares credit with Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz of Germany for independently developing calculus in the 17th century.
Development of Calculus
Work with Light and Optics
Isaac Newton's prism experimentIsaac Newton's prism experiment, 1666.
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Isaac Newton's cradlePendulum toys are sometimes called Isaac Newton's cradles because they demonstrate his laws of motion.
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Understanding Newton’s Laws of Motion
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Edmond Halley Summary
Edmond Halley was an English astronomer and mathematician who was the first to calculate the orbit of a comet later named after him. He is also noted for his role in the publication of Isaac Newton’s Philosophiae Naturalis Principia Mathematica. Halley began his education at St. Paul’s School,