There ensued two miraculous years at home in Woolsthorpe Manor, where he fled when plague threatened Cambridge, a remarkably fertile period when Newton formulated his theory of gravity, a new theory of light, and calculus--all by his twenty-fourth birthday. Christianson describes Newton's creation...
Newton's letter to the Royal Society, "containing his new theory of light and colours," was sent to London on February 6, 1672. This paper can claim a number of "firsts". It was Newton'sinitial publication; it founded the science of spectroscopy, and it marked the beginning of a soun...
also Isaac Newton, who had died three months before, and of Hannah Ayscough. That same year, at Arcetri near Florence, Galileo Galilei had died; Newton would eventually pick up his idea of a mathematical science of motion and bring his work to full fruition. A tiny and weak baby, Newton ...
Isaac Newton was the first scientist to discover that light is made up of particles, not waves, in an experiment using two glass prisms. His findings led him to conclude that light is composed of coloured particles that combine to appear white. So now when you see white light, you can im...
New Scientist once described Isaac Newton as “the supreme genius and most enigmatic character in the history of science.” His three greatest discoveries — the theory of universal gravitation, the nature of white light and calculus — are the reasons w
The largest collection of Isaac Newton's papers has gone digital, committing to open-access posterity the works of history's greatest scientist.
It took over a century for nontarnishing reflectors to be made. This was swiftly followed by Newton's 1672 “New theory of light and colour,” sometimes viewed as his first scientific paper. This had the effect of promoting his new reflecting telescope design by exaggerating the chromatic abe...
Isaac Newton - Physics, Mathematics, Astronomy: The Principia immediately raised Newton to international prominence. In their continuing loyalty to the mechanical ideal, Continental scientists rejected the idea of action at a distance for a generation, b
Isaac Newton is best know for his theory about the law of gravity, but his “Principia Mathematica” (1686) with its three laws of motion greatly influenced the Enlightenment in Europe. Born in 1643 in Woolsthorpe, England, Sir Isaac Newton began developing his theories on light, calculus and...
根据“Isaac Newton was born in Lincolnshire, England in 1643, where he grew up on a farm.”可知,艾萨克·牛顿出生在英国。此为②;根据“When he was 18, Isaac went to study at Cambridge University. ”可知,他去了剑桥大学学习。此为①;根据“From this, he formed the theory of gravity (地球...