“It has no justification in experiment exactly; it just represents something that he’s imposing upon the color spectrum by analogy with music.” Of his rainbow experiment Newton wrote that he had ...

Isaac Newton was one of the leading figures of the ... including the nature of matter, light, and color. At the same time, to better understand the texts he was reading, Newton began to study ...

Isaac Newton changed the way we understand the Universe. Revered in his own lifetime, he discovered the laws of gravity and motion and invented calculus. He helped to shape our rational world view.

New Scientist once described Isaac Newton as “the supreme genius and ... Newtonian telescopes use a reflecting mirror to avoid the colour distortion and rainbow effect afflicting telescopes ...

Isaac Newton was born at Woolsthorpe in the parish of Colsterworth, Lincolnshire on Christmas Day 1642, only son of Isaac, a farmer, and his wife Hannah (Ayscough). His father died before his birth ...