Who is Isaac Newton from The Man Who Knew Infinity: A Life of the Genius, Ramanujan and what is their importance? The_Man_Who_Knew_Infinity English & Literature " Isaac Newton | The Man Who Knew Infinity: A Life of the Genius

Isaac Newton was the great English mathematician and developer of physics in the late 17th and early 18th century. His Principia Mathematica developed the modern laws of motion and certain kinds of physics. He also developed what we now know as "calculus" and is one of the scientific and mathematical founders of the modern world.