"The latest authors, like the most ancient, strove to subordinate the phenomena of nature to the laws of mathematics."

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Source: Isaac Newton “Observations”, Lulu.com

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Isaac Newton

Mathematician, Physicist, Astronomer

Isaac Newton was a mathematician and physicist known for formulating the laws of motion and universal gravitation, pivotal in the scientific revolution.

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