Happy birthday to Sir Isaac Newton PRS, born on Christmas Day 1642! One of the most influential scientific minds in history, his work spanned optics, colour theory, planetary motion and gravitation, calculus and classical mechanics, as well as the now-debunked field of alchemy.
Isaac Newton was born Christmas Day, 1642. The apple tree in MIT's President's Garden is a direct descendant of the actual tree believed to have inspired Newton's theory of gravity. https://t.co/2DCtlzrATw
Happy #Newtonmas!
Animation: Jose-Luis Olivares/MIT