If I have seen further, it is by standing on the shoulders of Giants.
Sir Isaac Newton was born in a small village in England on December 25, 1642. In the Science Revolution of the 17th century, he was probably the most famous physicist and mathematician.
In his lifetime, Sir Isaac Newton made a lot of great discoveries in mathematics, optics and physics. He discovered the composition of white light which laid the foundation for modern physical optics. He found three laws of motion which became the basic principles of modern physics. His most famous and profound discovery may be the discovery of law of universal gravitation, which formulated our understanding of the world as well as our everyday life until today.
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Isaac Newton has been regarded as the greatest scientist in the past 300 years in all kinds of rankings conduted among researchers. Someone says that without Newton, we may live in the dark night of knowledge for a longer time.
Great people are all kinds. Sir Isaac Newton may be one of the greatest ones ever. His wisdom shines through the river of history and benefits all mankind.
Newton was born in the same year when Galileo Galilei had died at Arcetri near Florence. He would eventually pick up his predecessor's idea of a mathematical science of motion and bring his unfinished work to full fruition.
History is a miracle. It is through the hard work of generations of great explorers and those peope who run with a torch ahead of us so that our mankind can live and prosper in this planet. For that, we will be forever grateful.
This little page is devoted to the great scientist Sir Isaac Newton. May he rest in peace in heaven and his wisdom guide us through all times.