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Which scientist is famous for formulating the laws of motion and gravity?
- Michael Faraday
- James Clerk Maxwell
- Isaac Newton
- Charles Darwin
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Isaac Newton formulated the laws of motion and universal gravitation in the late 17th century, explaining how objects move and how gravity acts between masses. His work, published in 'Principia Mathematica' in 1687, laid the foundations of classical physics.