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Isaac Newton
Isaac Newton (1643–1727) is an English physicist and mathematician who formulated the laws of motion and universal gravitation, co-invented calculus, and unified terrestrial and celestial mechanics into a single quantitative framework.
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Newton's Principia transformed natural philosophy into rigorous mathematical science and laid the foundation for classical mechanics that endured for two centuries; his methods shaped how physics, engineering, and astronomy are practiced to this day.
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