Newton created the laws of motion and universal gravitation in the

Principia, which dominated scientific thought until the theory of

relativity overtook it. Newton used his mathematical explanation of
gravity to determine Kepler's laws of planetary motion, account for
tides, comet trajectories, equinox precession, and other phenomena,
proving the heliocentricity of the Solar System. He demonstrated that
the same concepts could be used to explain the motion of objects on
Earth and heavenly bodies. The geodetic observations of Maupertuis,
La Condamine, and others later corroborated Newton's deduction that
the Earth is an oblate spheroid, persuading most European scientists of
Newton's superiority over older methods.
Newton created the laws of motion and universal gravitation in the
Principia, which dominated scientific thought until the theory of
relativity overtook it. Newton used his mathematical explanation of
gravity to determine Kepler's laws of planetary motion, account for
tides, comet trajectories, equinox precession, and other phenomena,
proving the heliocentricity of the Solar System. He demonstrated that
the same concepts could be used to explain the motion of objects on
Earth and heavenly bodies. The geodetic observations of Maupertuis,
La Condamine, and others later corroborated Newton's deduction that
the Earth is an oblate spheroid, persuading most European scientists of
Newton's superiority over older methods.
Newton created the laws of motion and universal gravitation in the
Principia, which dominated scientific thought until the theory of
relativity overtook it. Newton used his mathematical explanation of
gravity to determine Kepler's laws of planetary motion, account for
tides, comet trajectories, equinox precession, and other phenomena,
proving the heliocentricity of the Solar System. He demonstrated that
the same concepts could be used to explain the motion of objects on
Earth and heavenly bodies. The geodetic observations of Maupertuis,
La Condamine, and others later corroborated Newton's deduction that
the Earth is an oblate spheroid, persuading most European scientists of
Newton's superiority over older methods.
Newton created the laws of motion and universal gravitation in the
Principia, which dominated scientific thought until the theory of
relativity overtook it. Newton used his mathematical explanation of
gravity to determine Kepler's laws of planetary motion, account for
tides, comet trajectories, equinox precession, and other phenomena,
proving the heliocentricity of the Solar System. He demonstrated that
the same concepts could be used to explain the motion of objects on
Earth and heavenly bodies. The geodetic observations of Maupertuis,
La Condamine, and others later corroborated Newton's deduction that
the Earth is an oblate spheroid, persuading most European scientists of
Newton's superiority over older methods.