... students. Newton's goal at Cambridge was a degree in law. Instruction at Cambridge was by philosophy of Aristotle. Some freedom of study was allowed in the third year of the course. Newton studied the philosophy of Descarte, Gassendi, Hobbes, and in particular Boyle. He also studied the mechanics of the astronomy of Galileo, which was said to attract him to study also studied Kepler. Newton recorded his ... while he was still under 25 years old, he began advances in mathematics, optics, physics, and astronomy that would take an effect on the ways of science through out history. He had re...

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