Newton

From Srafopedia

Physicist Mary Malone reflects that about three hundred years ago, when the mulefa's seedpod trees began to fail, and the alethiometer and subtle knife were devised, in her own world this scientist "was making his discoveries about optics and gravitation" (UK:AS 384/US: AS 366).

Sir Isaac Newton (1643-1727) is considered one of the all-time most influential scientists and mathematicians. In Principia Mathematica, Newton presented his theories of universal gravitation and laws of motion that undergird the study of classical mechanics. He also is credited with formulating the principles of differential calculus.

Less widely known are his interests in alchemy, philosophy, and theology; for example, he wrote an extensive commentary on the prophetic Old Testament Book of Daniel and the New Testament's Revelation (Apocalypse of St. John). [1]