Sir Isaac Newton was an English mathematician and physicist. He was considered one of the greatest scientists in history. Newton was probably best known for his discovery that the force called gravity affects all objects in space and on earth. He was educated at Trinity College at the University of Cambridge and became Lucasian Professor of Mathematics at the university. Newton has had achievements in three areas of science. To begin with, Newton's first achievement …showed first 75 words of 297 total…

…showed last 75 words of 297 total…colors to appear by separating light into its components. He experimented his theory of colors by passing a beam if light through a prism, which separated the beam into different colors. In 1704, he published Opticks, which explained his theories. In conclusion, Sir Isaac Newton not only contributed to physics, but other aspects of science. He theories are known today. And we know him as one of the greatest scientist ever to be known by man.