Sunday, March 25, 2012

Sir Isaac Newton Birthday



4 January 1643. Sir Isaac Newton was born in Lincolnshire, England
Sir Isaac Newton FRS (born in Woolsthorpe-by-Colsterworth, Lincolnshire, January 4, 1643 - died March 31, 1727 at the age of 84 years; KJ: December 25, 1642 - 20 March 1727) was a physicist, mathematician, astronomer, natural philosopher, alchemist, and theologian who came from England. He is the heliocentric and the followers of the most influential scientists in history, even said to be the father of classical physics.

The work of his Philosophiae Naturalis Principia Mathematica, published in 1687 considered the most influential books in the history of science. This book laid the foundations of classical mechanics. In this work, Newton described the laws of gravity and three laws of motion which dominated the scientific view of the universe for three centuries. Newton was able to show that the motion of objects on Earth and outer space objects are set by the set of natural laws are the same. He proved it by showing the consistency between Kepler's laws of planetary motion with the theory of gravity. His work was finally remove doubt scientists will heliosentrisme and advancing the scientific revolution.
In the field of mechanics, Newton sparked the principle of conservation of momentum and angular momentum. In the field of optics, he successfully built the first reflecting telescope [2] and developed a theory of color based on the observation that a glass prism will split white light into other colors. He also formulated the law of cooling and studied the speed of sound.
In mathematics as well, along with the works of Gottfried Leibniz carried out separately, Newton developed differential calculus and integral calculus. He also managed to define binomial theory, developed the "Newton method" to approach the zero value of a function, and contribute to the study of power series.
Newton even now is still very influential among scientists. A 2005 survey which asked the scientists and the public at the Royal Society of who is to make greater contributions in science, whether Newton or Albert Einstein, showed that Newton is considered to contribute a greater.




Source : http://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isaac_Newton

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