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Ok I have alot of points to give out...
3pts - Fan#1, Francis, TrixiePixie and Quidditch chick
5pts - Nadia and Riddle
2pts to TonksSB for a great interesting fact!
British physicist Sir Isaac Newton advanced a simple principle to explain Kepler’s laws of planetary motion. By mathematical reasoning, he argued that an attractive force exists between the Sun and each of the planets. This force, which depends on the masses of the Sun and planets and on the distances between them, provides the basis for the physical interpretation of Kepler’s laws. Newton’s mathematical discovery is called the law of universal gravitation.
He established the modern study of optics—or the behavior of light—and built the first reflecting telescope. His mathematical insights led him to invent the area of mathematics called calculus. Newton began with the laws of motion and gravitation he observed in nature, then used these laws to convert physics from a mere science of explanation into a general mathematical system with rules and laws. His experiments explained the phenomena of light and color and anticipated modern developments in light theory. In addition, his invention of calculus gave science one of its most versatile and powerful tools.
Newton’s place in scientific history rests on his application of mathematics to the study of nature and his explanation of a wide range of natural phenomena with one general principle—the law of gravitation. He used the foundations of dynamics, or the laws of nature governing motion and its effects on bodies, as the basis of a mechanical picture of the universe.This reassessment of Newton’s ideas about the universe led to the modern theory of relativity and to quantum theory, which deal with the special cases of physics involving high speeds and physics of very small dimensions, respectively.
Righto, thats them done. I believe that someone wanted to learn about Hubble?
Edwin Powell Hubble. When and where wa he born? |