Issac Newton, Sir Godfrey
Kneller, 1689
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Isaac Newton was a prominent figure of the Scientific Revolution during the 17th Century. Although he contributed many discoveries to the scientific community, he was best known for his law of gravitation. The law of gravitation, which was put forth in 1687, states that anything in the universe attracts anything else with a force with a variance that is related to the mass and distance between the two objects. Newton used this law to describe planetary motion. Overall, Newton and his theories on gravity broke barriers that led to more advanced scientific discoveries.
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