McGrath - INTRO_13 - Isaac Newton and the Mechanical Universe

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Category IRC Short
Speakers McGrath, Alister
Year 2021

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This presentation looks at how Isaac Newton developed the idea of an ordered universe, governed by “laws of nature”, and its scientific and religious significance. Although Newton himself did not develop the idea of a “clockwork universe”, this analogy became increasingly popular as a result of his work.