 Sir Isaac Newton and His contributions to Modern Day Science By Marco Soto & Martin Lozoya

Time Line  Isaac Newton was born on January 4, 1643 in Lincolnshire.  He attended Cambridge University in and  He was an English physicist and mathematician.  Newton died on the 31 st of March in  Newton made a number of contributions to modern day science.

Newton’s Reflecting Telescope  Newton’s first contribution includes his creation of a simple reflecting telescope which used mirrors rather than lenses to focus light.  However, another man by the name of James Gregory developed an earlier model, but Newton was able to create a simple and practical product.

Isaac’s study of Light  Newton concluded that white light was a mixture of various colors.  He wrote the book Opticks which is used as a model of the interweaving of theory with quantitative experimentation.

Gravity  It is said that Sir Isaac Newton contemplated the laws of gravity after he witnessed an apple fall in his orchard in  He calculated that the moon and other objects abided by this law and calculated the force needed to maintain the moon’s orbit.  He also experimented with centripetal force and calculated the force required to hold a rock in a sling.

The Three Laws of Motion  Perhaps the most influential discovery in science, Newton’s law of motion sets the basis of modern day physics.  He first published his findings in the Philosophiae Naturalis Principia Mathematica in  They were used to explain Johannes Kepler’s law of planetary motion.

Calculus  Another great development of Sir Isaac Newton was the creation of calculus.  The Binomial Theorem was one of the factors for the creation of calculus. This helped scientists account for theoretical variables that led to other discoveries such as the theory of Relativity and nuclear fission.

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