What Plato and Aristotle are to philosophy, Isaac Newton is to physics. Newton created the first fully integrated theory of the physical world-and thereby ushered in the modem scientific era. In this course Mr. Harriman surveys the fundamental ideas of Newton's physics and the reasoning that led to them. Topics include: Newton's laws of motion; his development of calculus; his discovery of the universal law of gravitation; and his views on the nature of light, space, and time. There is also some discussion of the influence of Newton's basic philosophy on his scientific views. No background in physics or math is required.