Isaac Newton
Isaac Newton had a number of famous discoveries, from his theories of optics to his outstanding work on the laws of motion and gravity, made the basis for modern physics. The true genius of his work is how he took those theories and compared them to the universe at large, these explained the motions of the Sun and planets in a way that had never been done before. Newton dreams up the laws of gravity and the rest. Newton became the first to figure out that white light is made up a spectrum of colors . He also discovered the basis of present day calculus.
Newton laid the start for the three laws of motion, which is still taught to physics students everywhere. These laws say; An object will remain in a state of inertia unless acted upon by force. The relationship between acceleration and applied force is F=ma. For every action there is an equal and opposite reaction. Newton spent the twenty years studying how the laws of motion were related to the Earth, Moon and Sun; gravity.
Newton went into the study of gravitational force in the late 1600s. The result of Newton's research was his great work published in 1687, the Principia, thought to many as the …show more content…
His first telescope was only six inches long. After he showed his scope to the Royal Society, Newton was asked to be a member; he later served as its president for 24 years until he died.When Newton began to ponder on the problem of the motion of the planets and what kept them in their orbits around the sun, he realized that the mathematics of the day weren't sufficient to the task. So he invented a new branch of mathematics, which he called the fluxions or now known as calculus. Calculus allowed him to draw tangents to match curves, find the lengths of curves, and solve problems that geometry could not solve. Newton’s main invention was his three laws of motion: law of inertia, law of acceleration and law of action and
Isaac Newton had a number of famous discoveries, from his theories of optics to his outstanding work on the laws of motion and gravity, made the basis for modern physics. The true genius of his work is how he took those theories and compared them to the universe at large, these explained the motions of the Sun and planets in a way that had never been done before. Newton dreams up the laws of gravity and the rest. Newton became the first to figure out that white light is made up a spectrum of colors . He also discovered the basis of present day calculus.
Newton laid the start for the three laws of motion, which is still taught to physics students everywhere. These laws say; An object will remain in a state of inertia unless acted upon by force. The relationship between acceleration and applied force is F=ma. For every action there is an equal and opposite reaction. Newton spent the twenty years studying how the laws of motion were related to the Earth, Moon and Sun; gravity.
Newton went into the study of gravitational force in the late 1600s. The result of Newton's research was his great work published in 1687, the Principia, thought to many as the …show more content…
His first telescope was only six inches long. After he showed his scope to the Royal Society, Newton was asked to be a member; he later served as its president for 24 years until he died.When Newton began to ponder on the problem of the motion of the planets and what kept them in their orbits around the sun, he realized that the mathematics of the day weren't sufficient to the task. So he invented a new branch of mathematics, which he called the fluxions or now known as calculus. Calculus allowed him to draw tangents to match curves, find the lengths of curves, and solve problems that geometry could not solve. Newton’s main invention was his three laws of motion: law of inertia, law of acceleration and law of action and