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Explore the history of science with a timeline showing the life spans of the greatest scientists of all time.
Without the work of Galileo and Copernicus before him, Isaac Newton may never have discovered his law of universal gravitation, which in turn laid the foundations for Albert Einstein to develop his famous theory of general relativity. Every major scientific breakthrough owes so much to those that have come before. Take a journey through time and discover the scientists who have built on each others revolutionary ideas to collectively transform our understanding of the world forever."If I have seen further it is by standing on the shoulders of Giants"
Isaac Newton (1643 - 1727)
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