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.
Interestingly, Newton wasn't the first scientist to come up with the law of inertia. That honor goes to Galileo and to RenÃ© Descartes. In fact, the marble-and-ramp thought experiment described previously is credited to Galileo. Newton owed much to events and people who preceded him.