During the time of Isaac Newton, changes of how people perceived scientific theories of how the motion of Earth was described, and the math concepts previously known as fluxions and infinitesimal calculus became a major branch in the today’s math curriculum. Isaac Newton is known as one of the greatest mathematicians of the 17th century Scientific Revolution for his contribution to modern physics by writing one of the major journal entries for science today, Principia. Isaac was a peculiar person being that he was a sore thumb among his colleagues. Having a rough childhood experience, Newton always was sensitive towards those who would criticize his work. Not only that, but he would often have mental breakdowns that left others to question
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For instance, he wrote Philosophiæ Naturalis Principia Mathematica (Cain, F.)- or better known as Mathematical Principles of Natural Philosophy. Published in 1687, this Magnum Opus described the foundations of classical mechanics and stated the three laws of motion. Each law had a different way of explaining the same universal concept: force. According to the Principia, the first law states “that a body remains in its state of rest until it is compelled to change that state by a force impressed on it.” What the phrase is stating is that if an object is in a constant movement, it will continue to move. The second law states that for something to move, it must have a mass and must be accelerating. The third and final law states that for every reaction, there is an equal opposing reaction. This means that when an object is pushed, there is an equal push that keeps the ball from staying in the air for a long duration of time. Newton also made a huge leap in the discovery in gravity. He extended on Kepler’s Laws of Planetary Motion and made his own mathematical explanation of gravity.
Newton did not only made a contribution to the category of physics, but for math as well. One of the most important works Newton has made for the mathematical sector today is his approach to infinitesimal calculus. He based his finding off of other foreign mathematicians such as Rene Descartes and Pierre De Fermat. Isaac’s goal of using this math concept was to understand the slope of a curve at a given point. This concept is similar to when students who take algebra would want to know f(x), or as Isaac Newton originally called it,
For instance, he wrote Philosophiæ Naturalis Principia Mathematica (Cain, F.)- or better known as Mathematical Principles of Natural Philosophy. Published in 1687, this Magnum Opus described the foundations of classical mechanics and stated the three laws of motion. Each law had a different way of explaining the same universal concept: force. According to the Principia, the first law states “that a body remains in its state of rest until it is compelled to change that state by a force impressed on it.” What the phrase is stating is that if an object is in a constant movement, it will continue to move. The second law states that for something to move, it must have a mass and must be accelerating. The third and final law states that for every reaction, there is an equal opposing reaction. This means that when an object is pushed, there is an equal push that keeps the ball from staying in the air for a long duration of time. Newton also made a huge leap in the discovery in gravity. He extended on Kepler’s Laws of Planetary Motion and made his own mathematical explanation of gravity.
Newton did not only made a contribution to the category of physics, but for math as well. One of the most important works Newton has made for the mathematical sector today is his approach to infinitesimal calculus. He based his finding off of other foreign mathematicians such as Rene Descartes and Pierre De Fermat. Isaac’s goal of using this math concept was to understand the slope of a curve at a given point. This concept is similar to when students who take algebra would want to know f(x), or as Isaac Newton originally called it,