Which of the following statements best describes the work of isaac newton?
a. it produced a working steam engine that start the industrial revolution. b. it included mathematical equations that explained and predicted the movement of the sun and the moon.
c. it led to the creation of universities that were independent from the catholic church.
d. it defined a scientific method, although that method did not include the idea of a hypothesis.

Correct answer choice is :

Isaac Newton is regarded as one of the most significant scientists in history. During his lifetime Newton revealed the law of gravity, the laws of motion which became the foundation for physics, a new type of mathematics named calculus, and made discoveries in the field of optics such as the reflecting telescope.

president thomas jefferson commissioned the expedition shortly after the louisiana purchase in 1803 to explore and to map the newly acquired territory, to find a practical route across the western half of the continent, and to establish an american presence in this territory before britain and other european powers