Respuesta :
The author of Passage 1 mentions Isaac Newton (lines 37-40) in order to (A) emphasize the rapid rate of technological innovation.
Who was Isaac Newton?
- Sir Isaac Newton PRS (25 December 1642 – 20 March 1726/27[a]) was an English mathematician, physicist, astronomer, alchemist, theologian, and author (dubbed a "natural philosopher" at the time) who is widely regarded as one of the greatest mathematicians and physicists of all time and one of the most influential scientists.
- He was a pivotal figure in the Enlightenment philosophical revolution.
- In 1687, he published Philosophiae Naturalis Principia Mathematica (Mathematical Principles of Natural Philosophy), which established classical mechanics.
- Newton also made important contributions to optics and is credited with developing infinitesimal calculus with German mathematician Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz.
To find the correct option:
- According to passage 1, the current global communication systems would astound the seventeenth-century scientist Isaac Newton.
- The author of the first passage intends to emphasize the rapid rate of growth of technological innovations by saying this.
- As a result, A is the correct answer.
Therefore, the author of Passage 1 mentions Isaac Newton (lines 37-40) in order to (A) emphasize the rapid rate of technological innovation.
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