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[[File:Sir_Isaac_Newton_by_Sir_Godfrey_Kneller.jpg|thumb|Portrait of Sir Isaac Newton.]]'''Sir Isaac Newton''' FRS (25 December 1642 – 20 March 1726/27) was an English physicist and [[Mathematician (nonfiction)|mathematician]] (described in his own day as a "natural philosopher") who is widely recognised as one of the most influential scientists of all time and a key figure in the scientific revolution.
[[File:Sir_Isaac_Newton_by_Sir_Godfrey_Kneller.jpg|thumb|Portrait of Sir Isaac Newton.]]'''Sir Isaac Newton''' FRS (25 December 1642 – 20 March 1726/27) was an English physicist and [[Mathematician (nonfiction)|mathematician]] (described in his own day as a "natural philosopher") who is widely recognised as one of the most influential scientists of all time and a key figure in the scientific revolution.


His book ''Philosophiæ Naturalis Principia Mathematica'' ("Mathematical Principles of Natural Philosophy"), first published in 1687, laid the foundations for classical mechanics.
His book ''Philosophiæ Naturalis Principia Mathematica'' ("Mathematical Principles of Natural Philosophy"), first published July 5, 1687, laid the foundations for classical mechanics.


Newton made seminal contributions to optics, and he shares credit with Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz for the development of calculus.
Newton made seminal contributions to optics, and he shares credit with [[Gottfried Leibniz (nonfiction)]] for the development of [[Calculus (nonfiction)|calculus]].


== In the News ==
== In the News ==


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== Nonfiction cross-reference ==
== Nonfiction cross-reference ==


* [[Calculus (nonfiction)]]
* [[Gottfried Leibniz (nonfiction)]]
* [[Hypotheses non fingo (nonfiction)]]
* [[Hypotheses non fingo (nonfiction)]]
* [[Mathematics (nonfiction)]]
* [[Mathematics (nonfiction)]]

Revision as of 21:49, 13 June 2017

Portrait of Sir Isaac Newton.

Sir Isaac Newton FRS (25 December 1642 – 20 March 1726/27) was an English physicist and mathematician (described in his own day as a "natural philosopher") who is widely recognised as one of the most influential scientists of all time and a key figure in the scientific revolution.

His book Philosophiæ Naturalis Principia Mathematica ("Mathematical Principles of Natural Philosophy"), first published July 5, 1687, laid the foundations for classical mechanics.

Newton made seminal contributions to optics, and he shares credit with Gottfried Leibniz (nonfiction) for the development of calculus.

In the News

Fiction cross-reference

Nonfiction cross-reference

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