In mechanics, his three laws of motion, the basic principles of modern physics, resulted in the formulation of the law of universal gravitation. In optics, his discovery of the composition of white light integrated the phenomena of colours into the science of light and laid the foundation for modern physical optics. Isaac Newton, in full Sir Isaac Newton, (born Decem, Woolsthorpe, Lincolnshire, England-died March 20, 1727, London), English physicist and mathematician, who was the culminating figure of the Scientific Revolution of the 17th century. Isaac Newton's formulation of the law of universal gravitation.
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