2-19-1672

Newton's first publication appeared as a letter in the Philosophical Transactions. It dealt with his new theory of light, showing that a prism separates white light into its component colors. Huygens, Hooke, and others objected so strongly that he vowed not to publish again. Fortunately that vow was not kept.

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