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A Long and Illustrious History

Isaac Newton is famous for:

ADiscovering penicillin and transforming modern medicine
BDeveloping the theory of gravity and laws of motion
CInventing and patenting the first practical steam engine
DFounding and establishing the Bank of England in London

Explanation

Isaac Newton, a 17th-century British scientist, is famous for developing the theory of gravity (inspired, according to legend, by a falling apple) and his laws of motion, which are fundamental to physics.

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