Isaac Newton (1643 - 1727)
•Building on the results
of Galileo and Kepler
Major achievements:
1.Invented calculus as a necessary tool to solve mathematical problems
related to motion
•Adding physics
interpretations to the mathematical descriptions of astronomy by Copernicus,
Galileo and Kepler
2.Discovered the three laws of motion
3.Discovered the universal law of mutual gravitation
