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About Isaac Newton

He unlocked the universe's secrets by defining gravity and the laws of motion, creating a new math (calculus) to explain it all. His genius in his 'Principia' laid the foundation for all modern science and physics.

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If the experiments which I urge be defective, it cannot be difficult to show the defects; but if valid, then by proving the theory, they must render...

Isaac Newton 17

In experimental philosophy, we are to look upon propositions inferred by general induction from phenomena as accurately or very nearly true,...

Isaac Newton 14

In the beginning of the year 1665, I found the method of approximating series and the rule for reducing any dignity of any binomial into such a...

Isaac Newton 15

Infinites, when considered absolutely without any restriction or limitation, are neither equal nor unequal, nor have any certain proportion one to...

Isaac Newton 20

Nothing can be divided into more parts than it can possibly be constituted of. But matter (i.e. finite) cannot be constituted of infinite parts.

Isaac Newton 13

That the divided but contiguous particles of bodies may be separated from one another is a matter of observation; and, in the particles that remain...

Isaac Newton 20

The ancients considered mechanics in a twofold respect: as rational, which proceeds accurately by demonstration, and practical. To practical mechanics...

Isaac Newton 16

The best and safest method of philosophizing seems to be first to inquire diligently into the properties of things, and establishing those...

Isaac Newton 13

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