Practice questionLife in the UK Test

Which scientist published 'Principia Mathematica' in 1687, showing how gravity applied to the whole universe?

Correct answer

Isaac Newton

Why

Isaac Newton's Principia Mathematica showed how gravity applied to the whole universe. He also discovered that white light is made up of the colours of the rainbow.

Answer choices

ACharles Darwin
BIsaac Newton
CAlan Turing
DErnest Rutherford