Isaac Newton and Isaac Newton Quotes on mathematics

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 Isaac Newton was an English mathematician, physicist, and scientist who is widely regarded as one of the most influential figures in the history of science. He is best known for his laws of motion and his theory of universal gravitation, which describe the fundamental forces that govern the motion of objects in the universe. Newton made significant contributions to the development of calculus and was instrumental in the development of the scientific method. He also made important contributions to the fields of optics and mathematics. In addition to his scientific work, Newton was also a theologian and philosopher who wrote extensively on the nature of God and the universe. He is considered one of the greatest scientists in history and his work has had a profound impact on the development of modern science.


Here are a few quotes by Isaac Newton on mathematics:

  1. "I was like a boy playing on the seashore, and diverting myself now and then finding a smoother pebble or a prettier shell than ordinary, whilst the great ocean of truth lay all undiscovered before me."
  2. "To myself I am only a child playing on the beach, while vast oceans of truth lie undiscovered before me."
  3. "I do not know what I may appear to the world; but to myself I seem to have been only like a boy playing on the sea-shore, and diverting myself in now and then finding a smoother pebble or a prettier shell than ordinary, whilst the great ocean of truth lay all undiscovered before me."
  4. "Nature is pleased with simplicity, and affects not the pomp of superfluous causes."
  5. "The most beautiful system of the sun, planets, and comets, could only proceed from the counsel and dominion of an intelligent and powerful Being."
  6. "Plato is my friend — Aristotle is my friend — but my greatest friend is truth."
  7. "If I have seen further it is by standing on the shoulders of giants."
  8. "To every action there is always opposed an equal reaction."
  9. "I was in the prime of my age for invention and minded mathematics and philosophy more than at any time since."
  10. "No science is immune to the infection of politics and the corruption of power."

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