Newton showing an optical experiment to an audience in his laboratory. Isaac Newton (December 25, 1642 - March 20, 1727) was an English physicist, mathematician, astronomer, natural philosopher, alchemist, and theologian. His monograph ""Philosophiae Naturalis Principia Mathematica"", published in 1687, lays the foundations for most of classical mechanics.

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Isaac Newton Performing Optical Experiment

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