Isaac Newton: Verskil tussen weergawes

 

Isaac Newton het op 20 Maart 1727 (31 Maart 1727, volgens die moderne kalender) in [[Londen]] gesterf ná 'n lang, uitmergelende siekte.

 

<!--was 'n [[fisikus]] [[Wiskundige]], [[astronomy|astronomer]], [[natural philosophy|natural philosopher]], and [[alchemy|alchemist]], regarded by many as the greatest figure in the [[history of science]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Newton beats Einstein in polls of scientists and the public |work=The Royal Society |url=http://www.royalsoc.ac.uk/news.asp?id=3880 |accessdate=2006-10-25}}</ref> His treatise ''[[Philosophiae Naturalis Principia Mathematica]]'', published in [[1687]], described [[law of universal gravitation|universal gravitation]] and the three [[Newton's laws of motion|laws of motion]], laying the groundwork for [[classical mechanics]]. By demonstrating consistency between [[Kepler's laws of planetary motion]] and this system, he was the first to show that the motion of objects on Earth and of [[celestial mechanics|celestial]] bodies are governed by the same set of natural laws. The unifying and predictive power of his laws was central to the [[scientific revolution]], the advancement of [[heliocentrism]], and the broader acceptance of the notion that rational investigation can reveal the inner workings of nature. -->