Assertion: newton | /r/CapableOf | read recent work
Facets:
value: in 1664
type: TEMPORAL
value: by the english physicists
type: OTHER
value: on light
type: LOCATION
value: while a student
type: TEMPORAL
value: on optics
type: OTHER
Source sentences:
text: In 1664, while still a student, Newton read recent work on optics and light by the English physicists Robert Boyle and Robert Hooke; he also studied both the mathematics and the physics of the French philosopher and scientist René Descartes.