Child of Mechanics: Newton Standing on the Shoulders of Giants

Author: Li Li
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Publish Date: 2004-07-01
Features: Newton was a great physicist, astronomer, and mathematician, and the founder of classical mechanics. "He founded scientific astronomy by discovering the law of universal gravitation, scientific optics by decomposing light, scientific mathematics by establishing the binomial theorem and the theory of infinite series, and scientific mechanics by understanding the nature of force." Engels made a concise summary of Newton's achievements. After achieving outstanding success, he said, "I do not know what others think of me, but in my own eyes, I am just like a child playing on the beach, proud of occasionally discovering a smoother than ordinary pebble or a more beautiful than ordinary shell, yet completely unaware of the vast ocean of truth before me." This is Newton, a "child" who will always wander in the sea of knowledge.