Halley helped fund the publication of whose work?
Isaac Newton's
Albert Einstein's
Galileo Galilei's
Stephen Hawking's
Answer
Halley's support and insights proved instrumental in the publishing of Isaac Newton's groundbreaking work, Principia Mathematica, which revolutionized scientific understanding with its presentation of the laws of motion and universal gravitation. Halley's faith in Newton's brilliance and his willingness to finance the publication ensured that these seminal ideas reached the scientific community, shaping the course of physics and astronomy.
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