Isaac Newton (Leaving Cert Religious Education): Flashcards
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Newton's life years
Newton's life years
1642-1727
Newton's scientific role
Newton's scientific role
Founder of classical physics
Newton's key methodological innovation
Newton's key methodological innovation
Combined mathematics with experimental observation
Mathematical tool Newton developed
Mathematical tool Newton developed
Integral and differential calculus
What Newton observed in 1666
What Newton observed in 1666
Apple falling from tree
Force affecting apple, moon & planets
Force affecting apple, moon & planets
Universal gravitation
Newton's 1687 published work
Newton's 1687 published work
Philosophiae Naturalis Principia Mathematica
Newton's religious denomination
Newton's religious denomination
Church of England
How Newton viewed scientific study
How Newton viewed scientific study
As a religious duty to investigate God's creation
Newton's model of the universe
Newton's model of the universe
Great machine/clockwork universe
God's ongoing role in Newton's view
God's ongoing role in Newton's view
Divine repairer maintaining cosmic order
Unintended problem of clockwork model
Unintended problem of clockwork model
Led to deism & atheistic thinking
Duration Newton's work dominated science
Duration Newton's work dominated science
Nearly 300 years
Newton's first law of motion concept
Newton's first law of motion concept
Objects stay at rest/move straight unless force acts
What maths revealed per Newton
What maths revealed per Newton
God's wisdom through natural laws