Assertion: newton's work | /r/CapableOf | set the stage
Facets:
value: in at least three relevant respects
type: OTHER
Source sentences:
text: In at least three relevant respects, Newton's early work in optics, which was published in the Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society beginning in 1672, set the stage for the principal themes of his long career in natural philosophy (he remained active well into his seventies).