Do you ever think it is 'obvious' when you trip while walking or when something falls on your head?
In the world before Newton, that 'obviousness' was merely the realm of God or an unknowable mystery.
Newton discovered 'universal laws' from phenomena that everyone took for granted.
The law of inertia, the law of acceleration, and the law of action and counter-action that he established have become the backbone of all engineering, from the cars we drive today and skyscrapers to artificial satellites floating in space.
He was humanity's guide who gave the name 'order' to chaotic natural phenomena.
Many students struggle with calculus during math class.
However, for Newton, calculus was not 'pain,' but a 'tool to capture the moving world.'
To calculate how planets move and how the velocity of objects changes every moment, he created a new mathematical language that did not exist in the world.
If Newton's calculus had not existed, we might not be able to enjoy today's precise weather forecasts, analysis of stock market trends, or even the GPS systems in smartphones.
Newton was the greatest genius of his time, but he was never dogmatic. He always used to say: "If I have seen further, it is because I stood on the shoulders of giants." This sentence offers a profound lesson to us today as well. The attitude of respecting the wisdom of previous generations while carving out one's own path upon it—this is precisely why Newton transcended being a mere scientist to become a true leader respected for centuries.
