[VadeRetro]

I can see it. Newton practically invented dynamics. There were some bits and pieces from Galileo and Kepler, but Newton was incredible. Then, he also did important work in optics and mathematics.

[Right Wing Assault]

There were some bits and pieces from Galileo and Kepler, but Newton was incredible.

Newton did say he stood on the shoulders of giants. Actually, Newton explained Kepler's Third Law mathematically, which was kind of amazing, too. He used his own gravitational attraction equation and the definition of cnetripetal (radial inward) acceleration. To Kepler, the law was just numerical relationships, but he didn't understand why. Newton actually showed mathematically that all 3 of Kepler's laws are variations of the same relationship.