万有引力定律的确立,并非牛顿一个人的功劳.像其他划时代的科学发现一样,它是天文学、力学、数学发展到一定阶段的产物.在牛顿发现万有引力之前,已有不少人从事这个问题的研究,如第谷、开普勒.和牛顿同时代的一些科学家,如胡克、哈雷、惠更斯、伦恩等,对万有引力定律的建立也有贡献.正如牛顿本人所说:“我之所以有这样的成就,因为我是站在巨人们的肩膀上.”一、第谷的贡献 The establishment of the law of universal gravitation is not a merit of Newton himself, and as with other epoch-making scientific discoveries, it was a product of the development of astronomy, mechanics and mathematics to a certain stage.Nearly before Newton discovered gravitation, quite a few people have been engaged in this issue Some scientists such as Tycho Vale, Kepler, and Newton’s contemporaries also contributed to the establishment of the law of universal gravitation, such as Hooker, Harley, Huygens, and Lunn, etc. As Newton himself said: “The reason why I There is such an achievement, because I am standing on the shoulders of giants. ”First, the contribution of Tycho