Jessie Rowland

History

16 November, 12:41

Why were the theories of Isaac Newton considered revolutionary at the time? He used calculus to show that gravity has little affect outside Earth's atmosphere. He used new technology to assemble a telescope that confirmed that planets orbit the sun. He argued that mathematics could be used to measure and describe all motion in the universe. He used mathematics to prove Ptolemy's idea that the Earth is at the center of the universe.