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Newton is the discoverer of the Law of Gravitation. Once he saw how
an apple is falling from the tree and began thinking about it. Gradually
he came to conclusion that the force which pulled the apple to the ground
was the same as the force which kept the Moon to its orbit around the Earth.
He extended his theory of gravitation to the movements of the planets round
the Sun. Among fundamentals to mechanics are the three laws of motion
formulated by I. Newton.
He summarized his theories in his masterpiece “The Principia” which
was published in 1687. He could unite various phenomena of the universe by
means of his Universal Law of Gravitation.
Newton was highly appreciated by scientists both at home and abroad.
In 1699 he was elected a foreign member of the French Academy of Sciences.
In 1703 he was elected President of the Royal Society. In 1705 he was given the
title of knight for his great contribution to the world science.
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