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OCR: ISAAC NEWTON (1642-1727) T HE ENGLISH physicist and mathematician Isaac Newton was one of the greatest scientists of all time. His theories revolutionized scientific thinking and laid the foundations of modern physics. His book Principia Mathematica is one of A the most important works in the history 7 of modern science. Newton discovered the law of gravity, and developed the three laws of motion that are still in use today. He was the first person to split white light into the colors of the spectrum, and his research into light led mln to design a reflecting telescope. Newton was also one of the pioneers of a new branch of mathematics called calculus. SEE LIFE STORY DISCOVERY NEWTON'S THREE LAWS OF GRAVITY TELESCOPE OF MO TION