Newton's Principia

question 69

Multiple Choice

Newton's Principia

• A) placed the earth at the center of the universe.
• B) rejected the ideas of Copernicus, Kepler, and Galileo.
• C) mathematically disproved the universal law of gravitation.
• D) supplied the new theory of the universe that combined the work of Copernicus, Kepler, and Galileo.
• E) proved that Luther was correct regarding salvation by faith.

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