The chief scientific contribution of Isaac Newton was
A) writing the first history of science.
B) mathematical computation of the laws of gravity and planetary motion.
C) resolving all remaining questions about matter and motion.
D) successfully changing metals into gold.
E) the study that proved that laws of motion did not apply to the solar system as thought by the Greeks.
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