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jul 5, 1687 - Newton Publishes "Principia"

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"Principia", which helped to lay the foundations of classical mechanics, was one of Isaac's first works. In this book, Newton clarified the idea of gravity, as well as naming a set of laws that would help describe the movement of all objects in our atmosphere, known as the "Laws of Motion".

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jul 5, 1687
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~ 339 years ago