Definition for Newton, Isaac
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Newton, Isaac (1642 to 1727): Physicist and mathematician born in England, UK. He studied at Cambridge. He studied the nature of light, concluding that white light is a mixture of colors which can be separated by refraction, and devised the first reflecting telescope. He became professor of mathematics at Cambridge in 1669, where he resumed his work on gravitation, culminating in his work, Mathematical Principles of Natural Philosophy. Newton was unorthodox in denying Trinitarian Christianity; he also devoted considerable effort in alchemical studies, and may in fact have suffered injury due to the chemicals he deployed in alchemical experimentation.
