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Sir Isaac Newton PRS (25 December 1642 – 20 March

1726/27[a]) was an English mathematician, physicist,


astronomer, alchemist, theologian, and author who was widely
regarded as one of the greatest mathematicians and physicists
of all time and one of the most influential scientists. He was a
significant player in the Enlightenment philosophical
movement. Classical mechanics was founded by his book
Philosophiae Naturalis Principia Mathematica (Mathematical
Principles of Natural Philosophy), which was originally
published in 1687. Newton also made significant advances to
optics, and he shares credit for establishing infinitesimal
calculus with German mathematician Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz.
Sir Isaac Newton PRS (25 December 1642 – 20 March
1726/27[a]) was an English mathematician, physicist,
astronomer, alchemist, theologian, and author who was widely
regarded as one of the greatest mathematicians and physicists
of all time and one of the most influential scientists. He was a
significant player in the Enlightenment philosophical
movement. Classical mechanics was founded by his book
Philosophiae Naturalis Principia Mathematica (Mathematical
Principles of Natural Philosophy), which was originally
published in 1687. Newton also made significant advances to
optics, and he shares credit for establishing infinitesimal
calculus with German mathematician Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz.
Sir Isaac Newton PRS (25 December 1642 – 20 March
1726/27[a]) was an English mathematician, physicist,
astronomer, alchemist, theologian, and author who was widely
regarded as one of the greatest mathematicians and physicists
of all time and one of the most influential scientists. He was a
significant player in the Enlightenment philosophical
movement. Classical mechanics was founded by his book
Philosophiae Naturalis Principia Mathematica (Mathematical
Principles of Natural Philosophy), which was originally
published in 1687. Newton also made significant advances to
optics, and he shares credit for establishing infinitesimal
calculus with German mathematician Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz.
Sir Isaac Newton PRS (25 December 1642 – 20 March
1726/27[a]) was an English mathematician, physicist,
astronomer, alchemist, theologian, and author who was widely
regarded as one of the greatest mathematicians and physicists
of all time and one of the most influential scientists. He was a
significant player in the Enlightenment philosophical
movement. Classical mechanics was founded by his book
Philosophiae Naturalis Principia Mathematica (Mathematical
Principles of Natural Philosophy), which was originally
published in 1687. Newton also made significant advances to
optics, and he shares credit for establishing infinitesimal
calculus with German mathematician Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz.

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