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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 |
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THE SCIENCE OF POETRY |
2023-06-05 |
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He published the landmark treatise "Opticks" in 1704 |
Newton
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LET'S TALK SCIENCE |
2022-04-26 |
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This scientist told an early biographer that "the notion of gravitation came into his mind... occasion'd by the fall of an apple" |
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GREAT NAMES OF SCIENCE |
2022-04-14 |
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His first law of motion is the law of inertia |
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SCIENCE |
2021-03-03 |
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During his work with optics, this British scientist created awheel with colors corresponding to musical notes |
Newton
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SCIENCE |
2018-03-05 |
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(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 |
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SCIENCE IN SPORTS |
2013-06-06 |
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He wrote that in 1666, "I began to think of gravity extending to the orb of the moon" |
Newton
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SCIENCE GUYS |
2013-05-15 |
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In the 1660s, with Cambridge closed by plague, he went home & started inventing calculus |
Newton
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SUPERSTARS OF SCIENCE |
2013-01-09 |
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His second law, force equals mass times acceleration, is demonstrated when you push a child on a swing |
Newton
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EVERYDAY SCIENCE |
2008-03-21 |
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Conceived around 1686, "G" is known as this man's constant |
Newton
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SCIENCE BRIEFS |
2006-05-11 |
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He formulated universal laws of gravitation & motion & was the first scientist buried at Westminster Abbey |
Newton
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SCIENCE GUYS |
2002-06-05 |
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In 1987 the Smithsonian celebrated the 300th anniversary of this scientist's "Principia" |
Sir Isaac Newton
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SCIENCE |
1999-07-22 |
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A rocket's thrust may be measured in units named for this man whose laws of motion explain rocketry |
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ROCKET SCIENCE |
1998-11-05 |
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He outlines his 3 laws of motion in "Philosophiae Naturalis Principia Mathematica" |
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SCIENCE |
1995-09-27 |
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He formulated his 3 laws of motion in 1687 |
Newton
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SCIENCE |
1994-04-18 |
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The principles of his 1st law of motion were actually discovered earlier by Galileo |
Newton
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PHYSICAL SCIENCE |
1988-06-06 |
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In units of force, "N", named after a noted English scientist, stands for this |
Newton
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SCIENCE |
1988-05-12 |
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Universal gravitation & calculus were 2 of his many discoveries |
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1987-06-10 |
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