Books by Tracey Hecht. The Ominous Eye: The Nocturnals, Book 2. Written by Tracey Hecht with illustrations by Kate Liebman - Magic, Children's 7 - 11, Fantasy, Fiction, Friendship, Humor, Youth Fiction. When a violent jolt fractures the earth, the Nocturnal Brigade sets out to investigate its source.
Isaac Newton laid the blueprints for his three laws of motion, still recited by physics students, in 1666. Credit: Library of Congress Isaac Netwon is synonymous with apples and gravity.
Â­Eventually Newton's genius came to be widely known. His three laws of motion -- inertia, acceleration, and action and reaction -- remain a cornerstone of modern physics. His law of universal gravitation laid forth the theory that all particles in the universe exerted some gravitational force.saac Barrow, Newton's mentor, was instrumental in presenting one of Newton's major inventions to the scientific community. The refracting telescope commonly used during the period often couldn't produce clearly focused images.