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Optics The study of light and vision.	405
Newton’s relationship to the Society Refers to the Royal Society of London.	418
Newton’s first opponents	422
Mariotte Edmé Mariotte, a French physicist who questioned Newton's color theory.	442
John Theophilus Desaguliers	453
Desaguliers against Mariotte	456
Giovanni Rizzetti	463
Desaguliers against Rizzetti	468
Gauger Nicolas Gauger, known for his work on thermics and optics.	473
Newton’s personality	474 — 484
Newton’s first students and followers	484
Willem Jacob s’Gravesande	487
Petrus van Musschenbroek	488
French Academicians Members of the French Royal Academy of Sciences.	490
Mariotte	492
Philippe de La Hire	492
Johann Michael Conradi	493
Nicolas Malebranche	494