“Although many historians of the new millennium now take issue with the notion of a Scientific Revolution, it is generally agreed that Newton's work culminated the long development of European science, creating a synthesis that opened the way for the scientific culture of the modern age.”

—  John Freely

Source: Before Galileo, The Birth of Modern Science in Medieval Europe (2012), p. 190

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American physicist 1926–2017

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