In the row over who invented calculus, Newton secretly wrote the verdict himself.

1712

The Royal Society, of which he was president, set up a committee on Leibniz's complaint in 1712, and its report in Newton's favour was drafted by Newton.

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• Newton's Principia1687 · London. Isaac Newton published the Mathematical Principles of Natural Philosophy, setting out his three laws of motion and the law of universal gravitation. One mechanics for heaven and Earth became the foundation of classical physics.

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