dec 1, 1686 - Newton
Description:
Isaac Newton presents his Principia, Book I, to the Royal Society. He is changing how people see the world, replacing the magic of the gods with an understanding of gravity, inertia and physical force and counter force. A contemporary poet, Alexander Pope, is to write his epitaph as "nature's laws hid by night, God said Let Newton be! and All was light!"Added to timeline:
Date:
dec 1, 1686
Now
~ 339 years ago