So what else did Sir Isaac Newton discover?
Besides his work on universal gravitation (gravity), Newton developed the
three laws of motion which form the
basic principles of modern physics. His discovery
of calculus led the way to more powerful methods of solving mathematical problems.
His work in optics included the study of white light and the discovery of the color
spectrum. It was his experiments with light that first made him famous.
How did he discover the color spectrum?
Newton performed an experiment using a glass prism. For the experiment he
placed a glass prism in front of a beam of light projected through a tiny hole
in a window shade. You can perform a virtual version of the experiment
below (works with Netscape 3.0 and higher, or Internet Explorer 4.0 and higher).
You just need to place the mouse cursor over the prism to darken the room and
reveal the color spectrum.