SIR ISAAC NEWTON Born on January 4, 1643, in Woolsthorpe, England, Isaac Newton was an established physicist and mathematician, and is credited as one of the great minds of the 17th century Scientific Revolution. With discoveries in optics, motion and mathematics, Newton developed the principles of modern physics. In 1687, he published his most acclaimed work, Philosophiae, Natrualis, Principia Mathematica ( Mathematical Principles of Natural Philosophy ), Quotes "I do not know what I may appear to the world; but to myself I seem to have been only like a boy playing on the seashore, and diverting myself now and then in finding a smoother pebble or prettier shell than ordinary, while the great ocean of truth lay all undiscovered before me." – Isaac Newton "Plato is my friend, Aristotle is my friend, but my greatest friend is truth." – Isaac Newton « prev 1 / 2 next » which has been called
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