Early Life Of Isaac Newton
The following article is part of an in-depth biography of Sir Isaac Newton, the English mathematician and scientist, author of the Principia.
Read more about Early Life Of Isaac Newton: Birth and Education, Early Influences, Academic Career, The Composition of White Light, Conflict Over Oratorship Elections, Newton's Poverty, Universal Law of Gravitation
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—Isaac Newton (1642–1727)
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“I frame no hypotheses; for whatever is not deduced from the phenomena is to be called a hypothesis; and hypotheses, whether metaphysical or physical, whether of occult qualities or mechanical, have no place in experimental philosophy.”
—Isaac Newton (1642–1727)