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Newton's work in calculus was paralleled by which other mathematician?
A
Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz
B
Pierre-Simon Laplace
C
Blaise Pascal
D
René Descartes
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Newton's work in calculus was paralleled by which other mathematician?
Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz
Pierre-Simon Laplace
Blaise Pascal
René Descartes
Which university did Newton attend?
Oxford
Cambridge
Harvard
Edinburgh
Newton was knighted by which monarch?
Queen Elizabeth I
Queen Anne
King George I
King Charles II
Newton's discoveries are based on which type of reasoning?
Empirical
Logical
Experimental
Both 2 and 3
Newton studied the motion of which celestial body to develop his law of gravity?
The Moon
Mars
Venus
Jupiter
What is the SI unit of force named after Newton?
Pascal
Joule
Newton
Tesla
Newton held which position at the Royal Mint?
Master of the Mint
Treasurer
Accountant
Secretary
Which concept did Newton develop in optics?
Wave Theory of Light
Particle Theory of Light
Electromagnetic Waves
Reflection Only
Where was Isaac Newton born?
London
Woolsthorpe
Cambridge
Oxford
What did Newton prove about white light?
It is pure
It is a mixture of colors
It is artificial
It contains only red and blue
Newton's laws of motion apply to which type of objects?
Static objects
Accelerating objects
Moving and non-moving objects
Rotating objects
Newton's theory of gravitation was inspired by observations of what?
Falling objects
The moon's orbit
The motion of planets
All of the above
Which branch of physics did Newton's work help to establish?
Quantum Mechanics
Classical Mechanics
Thermodynamics
Electrodynamics
Newton was a Member of Parliament for which university?
Oxford
Cambridge
Harvard
Yale
What did Newton's third law of motion state?
Every action has an equal and opposite reaction
Force equals mass times acceleration
Objects in motion stay in motion
Gravitational forces attract
What is the color of light that Newton showed could be split into a spectrum?
White
Red
Blue
Green
What device did Newton invent to study light and colors?
Microscope
Reflecting Telescope
Refracting Telescope
Spectrometer
Newton served as the President of which scientific society?
Royal Academy
British Science Society
Royal Society
Cambridge Scholars Society
Where is Newton buried?
Westminster Abbey
St. Paul's Cathedral
Canterbury Cathedral
Oxford Chapel
When was Isaac Newton born?
1642
1643
1650
1655