English scientist who formulated the law of elasticity and proposed a wave theory of light and formulated a theory of planetary motion and proposed the inverse square law of gravitational attraction and discovered the cellular structure of cork and introduced the term `cell' into biology and invented a balance spring for watches (1635-1703)

英国の科学者で、弾性の法則を定式化し、光の波動説を提唱し、惑星運動の理論を定式化し、重力引力の逆二乗法則を提唱し、コルクの細胞構造を発見して、生物学に「細胞」という用語を導入し、時計用のひずみばねを発明した（1635-1703）