Sir Isaac Newton was an English mathematician and physicist, considered one of the greatest scientists in history. He made important contributions to many fields of science. His discoveries and theories laid the foundation for much of the progress in science. Newton was one of the inventors of a form of mathematics called calculus. He also solved the mysteries of light and optics, formulated the three laws of motion, and derived from them the law of …showed first 75 words of 674 total…

…showed last 75 words of 674 total…his health, his creative period had come to an end. Sir Isaac Newton's great discoveries left us with a unified system of laws that could be applied to an enormous range of physical phenomena. These applications let Newton predict precisely the motion of the stars, and the planets around the sun. Newton's book the Principia is still recognized as the greatest scientific book ever written. And no, an apple never hit him on the head.