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The Accomplishments Of Sir Isaac Newton

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Sir Isaac Newton has been repeatedly portrayed since the last quarter of his life as practically peerless as a natural philosopher. Newton 's achievements were unquestionably useful, diverse and exceptionally inspired (although not all of his work has endured or has been considered valuable1). Fara recounts contemporary, repeated declarations of his seemingly unbelievable genius from elite figures such as X and Voltaire2. This theme has continued in popular culture, mostly unchallenged, to the present day. FIND NEWTONIAN MOMENT. Even within academic accounts, praise is still unusually superlative. For example, Westfall has called the Principalia Mathematica (1686) the “culmination of the scientific revolution.3”Principalia was merely the crowning achievement in an outstanding career in natural philosophy that eventually helped to enhance emerging intellectual fields, from chemistry to calculus to astronomy. Just as important to his posthumous reputation was Newton 's eccentric personality. His frequently otherworldly, reclusive habits, stoicism, piety, and reluctance to share his ideas publicly4 seemed to compliment his near Promethean talents for novel reckoning. His supposed tendencies towards gentle, almost playful absorption in intellectual thought and supposed casual disinterest in personal matters (i.e. love, sex, or lasting friendship) were firmly enshrined by his early biographers Conduitt5 and Stuckey6. Leading on from this, there has also been a recurring

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