Author:Isaac Newton

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Isaac Newton (1643–1727)

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An English physicist, mathematician, astronomer, alchemist, inventor and natural philosopher who is regarded by many as the most influential scientist in history.

Isaac Newton

Works

• Philosophiae Naturalis Principia Mathematica
• Opticks: or, a Treatise of the Reflections, Refractions, Inflections and Colours of Light
• Observations upon the Prophecies of Daniel and the Apocalypse of St. John
• New Theory About Light and Colour
• An Historical Account of Two Notable Corruptions of Scripture

Works about Newton

• Memoirs of Sir Isaac Newton's life by William Stukeley, 1752
• “Newton, Isaac,” in Dictionary of National Biography, London: Smith, Elder, & Co., (1885–1900) in 63 vols.
• “Newton, Sir Isaac,” in A Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John William Cousin, London: J. M. Dent & Sons, 1910.
• “Newton, Sir Isaac,” in Encyclopædia Britannica, (11th ed.), 1911