8. Isaac Newton
We are continuing our list of biggest influencers in history with one of the greatest minds in the history that was born on December 25, 1642, in Woolsthorpe, Lincolnshire, England and he died on March 20, 1726, in England at the age of 84. He was an English mathematician, astronomer, and physicist who is recognized as one of the most influential scientists of all times. Also, he is the key figure in the scientific revolution. In 1666, Isaac Newton laid the blueprints for the three laws of motion which are still recited by physics students and teachers worldwide. At the time, Isaac Newton didn’t realize and understand that he would spend two decades studying the laws of motion and how they are related to the Earth, Moon and the Sun, a concept he coined as “gravity.” Isaac Newton dove in the study of gravitational force back in the 1670s and 1980s and the result of his seminal work was published in 1687. The book Isaac Newton published was titled “Principia,” and many people consider this book to be one of the greatest science books of all times.
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