Brahmagupta’s description of gravity predates which scientist?
Isaac Newton
Albert Einstein
Galileo Galilei
Nikola Tesla
Answer
Isaac Newton's groundbreaking work on gravity came centuries after Brahmagupta's initial description of the force. Brahmagupta, an Indian mathematician and astronomer, proposed that objects fall to Earth due to an attractive force in the 6th century CE. Newton's more comprehensive theory of universal gravitation, published in the 17th century, expanded on Brahmagupta's ideas and provided a mathematical framework for understanding the gravitational interactions between objects.
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