1684Leibniz and Newton Publish Calculus

Calculus independently developed by both Gottfried Wilhelm L...
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🔬 Newton's Discovery of the Spectrum of Light

Sir Isaac Newton: discovers that white light is a mixture of distinct coloured rays (the spectrum).
Newton's Discovery of the Spectrum of Light (1672)
PhysicsOpticsScientific RevolutionExperimentationLight
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➗ Leibniz and Newton Develop Infinitesimal Calculus

Leibniz and Newton Develop Infinitesimal Calculus (1675)
MathematicsCalculusScientific RevolutionGottfried Wilhelm LeibnizIsaac NewtonPhysicsModern Science
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💻 Leibniz Develops Binary Number System

Leibniz Develops Binary Number System (1679)
MathematicsComputer ScienceBinary CodeLogicScientific RevolutionGottfried Wilhelm LeibnizNumber TheoryCalculus
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➗ Leibniz and Newton Publish Calculus

Calculus independently developed by both Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz and Sir Isaac Newton and used to formulate classical mechanics.
Leibniz and Newton Publish Calculus (1684)
CalculusMathematicsScientific RevolutionGottfried Wilhelm LeibnizIsaac NewtonScientific AdvancementPhysicsEnlightenment
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🍎 Newton Publishes Principia Mathematica

Newton Publishes Principia Mathematica (1687)
Scientific RevolutionPhysicsMathematicsIsaac NewtonMechanicsEnlightenmentScientific MethodGlobal Impact
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🍎 Newton Publishes Principia Mathematica, Formulating Laws of Motion and Universal Gravitation

Sir Isaac Newton: classical mathematical description of the fundamental force of universal gravitation and the three physical laws of motion.
Newton Publishes Principia Mathematica, Formulating Laws of Motion and Universal Gravitation (1687)
Scientific RevolutionPhysicsMathematicsIsaac NewtonEnlightenmentScientific MethodMechanics
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