How Did Isaac Newton Influence Today

Diego Pena

Miss. Umpleby

Western Civilizations

11 December 2016

Newton’s Influence Important movements across time, like the Enlightenment have left an indelible impact on the sands of time. Enlightenment thinkers have transformed the way many perceive and observe the natural world. One of these great intellectuals was Sir Isaac Newton. Newton made great scientific advances and contributions in mathematics, optics, physics, and astronomy. The breakthroughs and concepts Newton produced are still used today. The ideas that Sir Isaac Newton created during the Enlightenment influences what we know today, making him one of the most influential people of the Enlightenment. Isaac Newton was born prematurely on January 4, 1643 in Woolsthorpe, England.

“It is the most important book published in the history of science” (Hatch). In this work, Newton combined natural philosophy, experimental induction and mathematical deduction. His studies on his experimentations laid the foundation for the development of theories, later expanded by future scientists. Newton built the groundwork for modern physics in his writing. The Principia received admirable reviews. It has a complete explanation of physics, mass, force and motion. It also includes planetary and lunar motion, and the ocean tides (Isaac Newton's

And again, Newton’s laws of gravity were not accepted that well. Previously Johannes Kepler in the early 17th century suggested that strands of magnetic force coming from the Sun were responsible for moving the planets around. Kepler was incorrect on his statement because Newton’s theory was proved later in the future. Also in Book III, Newton set out his mathematical theory of the motion of the comets. Newton summarized that comets, similar to planets revolve in orbits with a continual motion. This idea received objections because observers did not agree that comets approaching the Sun were the same object later seen flying away from the Sun. It took a while for this idea to take acceptance, although it was a comet that made people accept Newton’s idea. Edmond Halley, Newton’s colleague at the Royal Society of London, used Newton’s mathematical laws and theories to make the first prediction of a comet’s return. The comet appeared on schedule, on Christmas in 1758. Newton not just influenced the future of science; he influenced people in his time, despite all the objections he received. Newton inspired Edmond Halley to test his theory and it turned out Newton was correct (Bartusiak).

Newton just didn’t focus on science, but he worked together with science and math to accomplish his great works. He made contributions to geometry, algebra and calculus. He discovered the binomial theorem, which is still used significantly