Standing on the shoulders of giants, Newton

Author: Feng Chengqi
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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 infinitesimals, 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 as for myself, I am just like a child playing on the seashore, rejoicing in the occasional discovery of 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, an eternal "child" wandering in the sea of knowledge.