The great materialists of ancient Greek civilization had indeed postulated the reference of all material phenomena to a process of atomic ... undulatory theory also made use of Newton's law ...

Isaac Newton changed the way ... But, naturally secretive, he kept his ideas to himself. Newton continued to experiment in his laboratory. This mix of theory and practice led him to many different ...

New Scientist once described Isaac Newton as “the supreme genius and most enigmatic character in the history of science.” His three greatest discoveries — the theory of universal gravitation ...