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History & CivilizationsWho is Isaac Newton in the Agency editorial?
Isaac Newton was an English physicist and mathematician, known for the laws of motion and universal gravitation published in the Principia (1687). Issue.10 names him once, in the author's prose, in the section on the Enlightenment, in a list item headed "Scientific progress".
In short
Isaac Newton was an English physicist and mathematician, author of the Principia (1687), where he set out the laws of motion and universal gravitation. In the Agency editorial he appears in a single sentence of Issue.10. In the section on the Enlightenment, the item "Scientific progress" says that Isaac Newton and Galileo Galilei "made groundbreaking discoveries in fields such as physics, astronomy, and mathematics". The edition says nothing else about him.
Key facts
- Who was Isaac Newton?
- An English physicist and mathematician, known for the laws of motion and universal gravitation, published in the Principia in 1687.
- Where does the Agency editorial name Isaac Newton?
- In Issue.10, in one sentence of the section on the Enlightenment, in the list item headed "Scientific progress", together with Galileo Galilei.
- What does Issue.10 say about him?
- That he and Galileo Galilei "made groundbreaking discoveries in fields such as physics, astronomy, and mathematics". No specific discovery or work is mentioned.
Who was Isaac Newton?
Isaac Newton was an English physicist and mathematician. He is known for the laws of motion and the law of universal gravitation, which he published in the Principia in 1687. These facts come from outside the edition and are marked for verification.
How does Isaac Newton appear in Issue.10?
Issue.10 has a section on the Enlightenment that lists several items: scientific progress, human rights and individual liberty, secularism and art. The item on scientific progress says that Isaac Newton and Galileo Galilei "made groundbreaking discoveries in fields such as physics, astronomy, and mathematics". That sentence is the only mention of Newton in the editions.
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