Historical Astronomy: Scientific Revolution: Newton
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Sir Isaac Newton
January 4, 1643 to March 31, 1727
Born in Woolsthorpe, Lincolnshire, England
"Principia"
3 Laws of Motion & Universal Gravitation
Derives Kepler's laws from general principles.
Short Biography
Importance to Astronomy
References
The Principia Isaac Newton, translated by Andrew Motte, 1995 Prometheus Books
http://www-groups.dcs.st-and.ac.uk/~history/Biographies/Newton.html
An awsome site.
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