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Isaac Newton

Isaac Newton

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An English scientist known for the laws of motion and gravity
  • proper noun
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  • But the Royal Society is dispatched in the first third of the book, and thereafter, the subject is how the attempt to find the mathematics governing the universe played out in the life of Isaac Newton.

Examples

  • When Isaac Newton wasn't pondering physics, he was experimenting with alchemy, and he thought both activities flowed naturally from his Christianity.

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  • And the guy who figured this out is the Isaac Newton of Mathemagics.

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  • English physicist Isaac Newton first broke sunlight into its component colors in 1666.

  • The laws of motion formulated by Isaac Newton laid the foundation for classical mechanics.

  • In his work, Isaac Newton united the concepts of physics and mathematics to explain the motion of celestial bodies.

Synonyms

Newton
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An English scientist known for the laws of motion and gravity

has the same identity but uses a different title form and death year

Surface Forms

Isaac Newton main

Morphology

Isaac + Newton

This is a personal proper name referring to a historical individual; the identity and biographical information (English mathematician, laws of motion) are not derivable from the constituent words. Proper names are referential/arbitrary rather than compositional, so a B1 learner who only knows the parts would not infer the MWE's meaning.

Etymology

Isaac Newton was an English scientist who studied how things move and fall. One popular story says an apple fell and helped him think of 'gravity', and that is why his name now stands for ideas about 'gravity' and the 'laws of motion'.