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Newton was the first to demonstrate that the same laws that govern the motion of celestial objects also govern the motion of things on [[Earth]]. Newton contributed greatly to the advancement of science. His work also advanced the concept of [[heliocentrism]] (the view that the [[Sun]] is at the center of the [[solar system]]).
Newton was the first to demonstrate that the same laws that govern the motion of celestial objects also govern the motion of things on [[Earth]]. Newton contributed greatly to the advancement of science. His work also advanced the concept of [[heliocentrism]] (the view that the [[Sun]] is at the center of the [[solar system]]).
Newton engaged in a violent dispute with Leibniz over priority in the invention of calculus. Newton used his position as president of the Royal Society to have a committee of that body investigate the question, and he secretly wrote the committee's report, which charged Leibniz with deliberate plagiarism. Newton also compiled the book of evidence that the society published. The quarrel has persisted in fact and to this day many German mathematicians in particular, will turn their back when Newton is mentioned.
One of the strongest supporters of Leibniz in this quarrel was Benjamin Franklin, an admirer and correspondent of Leibniz. In 1766, ten years before the Declaration of Independence, Benjamin Franklin met and discussed, with the German scientific republican Rudolph Erich Raspe, the Leibnizian idea of forming a nation based upon "life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness." Correspondence between Franklin and Leibniz revolved around their mutual beliefs in such concepts whilst Isaac Newton’s work and beliefs mirrored those of the elitists such as John Locke against whose ideas the American Revolution was fought. Newton and Locke were cut from the same cloth both members and darlings of the Royal Society. That group was determinedly angling for all science which would help to establish the concept that some people were better suited by birth to have rule over other, presumably lesser people, the masses.
As a proponent of such ideas Newton, when made Exchequer of the mint in…. did not waste any time before becoming one of the greatest mass murderers in British history; via brutal enforcement of the death penalty in laws against such acts as “Clipping” whereby poor people ‘clipped’ small pieces of coins and melted these down into metal which could be sold.
Isaac Newton was a deeply superstitious man who dabbled in witchcraft and mysticism among his eclectic interests.
In 1705, in recognition of Isaac Newton's scientific and mathematical contributions, [[Queen Anne]] [[knighted]] him. <ref>Sir Isaac Newton (1642/3–1727): A Scientific Genius, by Ann Lamont[http://www.answersingenesis.org/creation/v12/i3/newton.asp]</ref> It was the first knighthood to be given for scientific achievement rather than prowess on the battlefield or work in government. <ref>Isaac Newton and God's Law of Gravity[http://www.doesgodexist.org/NovDec01/IsaacNewtonAndGodsLawOfGravity.html] </ref>
In 1705, in recognition of Isaac Newton's scientific and mathematical contributions, [[Queen Anne]] [[knighted]] him. <ref>Sir Isaac Newton (1642/3–1727): A Scientific Genius, by Ann Lamont[http://www.answersingenesis.org/creation/v12/i3/newton.asp]</ref> It was the first knighthood to be given for scientific achievement rather than prowess on the battlefield or work in government. <ref>Isaac Newton and God's Law of Gravity[http://www.doesgodexist.org/NovDec01/IsaacNewtonAndGodsLawOfGravity.html] </ref>