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It’s incredible how the lack of technology and resources that were available to Newton and he was still able to accomplish some of the most essential aspects of science. In the “Principia” he addressed his magnificent finds in physics and astronomy. This was his major scientific publication. He addressed orbiting bodies, projectiles, pendulums and free-falling objects near the earth. Also, he confirmed that the planets were attracted to the sun by a variation of the inverse square of the distance. He studied the tides of the ocean and their deviation, and the motion of the moons orbit relative to the gravity of the sun. The amazing part was it a set of quite simple mathematical principle that unlocked the secrets of all sorts of mechanical relationships dealing with the universe. The straightforwardness and beauty of his theories made his work persuasive as an explanation of the course of the while universe. It became the underlying logic of the emerging world view of our modern era. The information Newton expressed to the public, made him an international leader of scientific research but even like today, there’s always critics.

Apart from his long-lasting interest in alchemy, Newton was also concerned with the history of the church, the doctrine of the Trinity, and calculations of when the world will end according to biblical prophecies. Newton’s aim was very much like the scientists of our own time. He was interested in a combination of all knowledge and was a spiritual seeker of some form of combined theory of the principles of the universe. Newton seemed to relate religion to his work more and more, this is how Newton thought, "The more Newton's theological and alchemical, chronological and mythological work is examined as a whole corpus, set by the side of his science, the more apparent it becomes that in his moments of grandeur he saw himself as the last of the interpreters of God's will in actions, living on the fulfillment of times."

A few years later, Hooke, Edmund Halley, and Christopher Wren pondered about the type of curve a planet makes around the sun. Halley approached Newton and without hesitation Newton replied, an ellipse. After sending Halley the proof, he persuaded Newton to publish something on his new physics and application to astronomy. A year later, Newton published the “Principia”. It is recognized as the greatest scientific book ever written.

Newton was very skeptical about publishing any of his work. Throughout his life he always wanted fame and recognition but at the same time he feared criticism. The only way to avoid criticism would be to publishing nothing. By going public it ignited a series of harsh controversies throughout his life. His reaction toward criticism was irrational. The first one began right after his first public contribution about nature of light. His paper was well received but Hooke and Huygens didn’t agree with Newton’s attempt to prove light consist of the motion of small particles rather then waves. Hooke’s criticism on Newton’s paper was irregular, in result; Newton’s objective was to humiliate Hooke in public. This is a good look at Newton’s character and personality. A few years later, Hook proclaimed that Newton stole some of his optical results. Newton blamed himself and turned away from the Royal Society where he associated with hooke. Also he held off on publishing his research on optics until after the death of Hook.

The two years he spent at Woolsthorpe are the greatest recorded accomplishments human intelligence developed in a short period. He accomplished the following: developed calculus, laid the foundations of his theory of light and color and studied planetary motion. At the same time he discovered the law of universal gravitation which explains how the universe operates. As he recalled, “I was in my prime age for invention” . Its amazing how one person in the seventeen hundreds can conceive of these outstanding

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