Sir Isaac Newton

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In a 1727 memorial by James Thomson, "Even light it self, which every thing displays, shone undiscovered" until this British thinker Newton $400 DJ THE SCIENCE OF POETRY 2023-06-05 #8886
He published the landmark treatise "Opticks" in 1704 Newton $200 J LET'S TALK SCIENCE 2022-04-26 #8627
This scientist told an early biographer that "the notion of gravitation came into his mind... occasion'd by the fall of an apple" Newton $400 DJ GREAT NAMES OF SCIENCE 2022-04-14 #8619
His first law of motion is the law of inertia Newton $400 DJ SCIENCE 2021-03-03 #8348
During his work with optics, this British scientist created awheel with colors corresponding to musical notes Newton $400 J SCIENCE 2018-03-05 #7711
(Jimmy of the Clue Crew presents the clue.) The force required for a 220-pound running back to stop & turn upfield is about 450 pounds, per this man's third law of motion Newton $400 DJ SCIENCE IN SPORTS 2013-06-06 #6624
He wrote that in 1666, "I began to think of gravity extending to the orb of the moon" Newton $800 DJ SCIENCE GUYS 2013-05-15 #6608
In the 1660s, with Cambridge closed by plague, he went home & started inventing calculus Newton $400 J SUPERSTARS OF SCIENCE 2013-01-09 #6518
His second law, force equals mass times acceleration, is demonstrated when you push a child on a swing Newton $800 DJ EVERYDAY SCIENCE 2008-03-21 #5425
Conceived around 1686, "G" is known as this man's constant Newton $600 J SCIENCE BRIEFS 2006-05-11 #4999
He formulated universal laws of gravitation & motion & was the first scientist buried at Westminster Abbey Newton $600 J SCIENCE GUYS 2002-06-05 #4103
In 1987 the Smithsonian celebrated the 300th anniversary of this scientist's "Principia" Sir Isaac Newton $600 DJ SCIENCE 1999-07-22 #3444
A rocket's thrust may be measured in units named for this man whose laws of motion explain rocketry Sir Isaac Newton $500 J ROCKET SCIENCE 1998-11-05 #3259
He outlines his 3 laws of motion in "Philosophiae Naturalis Principia Mathematica" Sir Isaac Newton $400 J SCIENCE 1995-09-27 #2543
He formulated his 3 laws of motion in 1687 Newton $300 J SCIENCE 1994-04-18 #2226
The principles of his 1st law of motion were actually discovered earlier by Galileo Newton $300 J PHYSICAL SCIENCE 1988-06-06 #881
In units of force, "N", named after a noted English scientist, stands for this Newton $400 J SCIENCE 1988-05-12 #864
Universal gravitation & calculus were 2 of his many discoveries Newton $500 J SCIENCE 1987-06-10 #653
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