Newton:
1) Newton’s three laws of motion laid the foundation of classical mechanics
2) He was the first to formulate the notion of gravity as a universal force
3) Newton’s Principia is one of the most important works in the history of science
4) He discovered the generalised binomial theorem in 1665
5) Isaac Newton invented calculus (Also Leibniz , who Newton accused of stealing)
6) He invented the first reflecting telescope
7) Determined that white light was a mix of colors which can be separated into its component parts with a prism.
8) He identified light as the source of color sensation
9) He inferred correctly the oblateness of Earth’s spheroidal figure
10) Without Newton , there would be no Einstein> Case Point
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