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Isaac Newton

Isaac Newton

November 14, 2011

Want to stay on top of all the space news? Follow @universetoday on Twitter Sir Issac Newton was a physicist, mathematician, philosopher, astronomer, and theologian who was born on December 25, 1642 and died on March 20, 1727. He is best known for his theory of universal gravitation, but he also contributed the groundwork for [...]

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Absolute Space

July 4, 2011

The explosion in the sciences that took place in the 17th and 18th centuries revolutionized not only the way we think of our world, but of time and space itself. Much of this is owed to individuals like Sir Isaac Newton, a man whose theories came to form the basis of modern physics. Though much [...]

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Issac Newton Inventions

December 10, 2010

Sir Issac Newton is best know for his laws of motion. Many people’s knowledge of his scientific contributions stops there. Issac Newtons inventions contributed a great deal to our current understanding of subjects from optics to theology and how early scientists were able to view their world. In mathematics Issac Newton inventions included laying the [...]

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Newton’s First Law

October 22, 2010

Newton’s First Law of Motion states:’Corpus omne perseverare in statu suo quiescendi vel movendi uniformiter in directum, nisi quatenus a viribus impressis cogitur statum illum mutare.’ Sorry, couldn’t resist throwing the Latin in there. In the English of the period is states: ‘Every body persists in its state of being at rest or of moving [...]

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What Is A Newton

September 3, 2010

The answer to what is a newton is simple, yet complex. A newton is an SI(International System of Units) unit of force that gets its name from Sir Issac Newton. One newton is equal to the amount of net force required to accelerate a mass of 1kg at a rate of one meter per second [...]

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