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- Scientists
- Nationality
- kingdom of england
- Born
- 1642-12-25
- Died
- 1727-03-31
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- Q935
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Isaac Newton was an English mathematician, physicist and astronomer.
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In 1687, he published "Mathematical Principles of Natural Philosophy", which systematically expounded the laws of motion and the law of universal gravitation.
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He contributed to calculus, optics and reflecting telescopes, and published Opticks in 1704.
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