Question: On Giants' Shoulders was written in 1998 by Melvyn Bragg, the book was assembled after a series of interviews Bragg had with current scientists about the world's greatest scientists such as which English mathematician, astronomer, and physicist (described in his own day as a "natural philosopher") who is widely recognised as one of the most influential scientists of all time and a key figure in the scientific revolution?

<P0-S0> Isaac Newton was an English mathematician, natural philosopher, theologian, alchemist and one of the most influential scientists in human history. <P0-S1>  His "Philosophiae Naturalis Principia Mathematica" is considered to be one of the most influential book in the history of science, laying the groundwork for most of classical mechanics by describing universal gravitation and the three laws of motion. <P0-S2>  In mathematics, Newton shares the credit with Gottfried Leibniz for the development of the differential and integral calculus. <SEP> <P1-S0>  The book was assembled after a series of interviews Bragg had with current scientists about the world's greatest scientists such as Archimedes, Isaac Newton and Einstein. <P1-S1> On Giants' Shoulders was written in 1998 by Melvyn Bragg. <P1-S2>  Bragg, who brands himself as a "non-scientist", conducted these interviews on BBC Radio 4 for other non-scientists. <P1-S3>  The book looks at the notion of being a "genius" and through discussions with 20th-century scientists explores the extent to which the great scientists of history were geniuses. <SEP> <P2-S0> John Aubrey FRS ( ; 12 March 1626 – 7 June 1697), was an English antiquary, natural philosopher and writer. <P2-S1>  He is perhaps best known as the author of the "Brief Lives", his collection of short biographical pieces. <P2-S2>  He was a pioneer archaeologist, who recorded (often for the first time) numerous megalithic and other field monuments in southern England, and who is particularly noted as the discoverer of the Avebury henge monument. <P2-S3>  The Aubrey holes at Stonehenge are named after him, although there is considerable doubt as to whether the holes that he observed are those that currently bear the name. <P2-S4>  He was also a pioneer folklorist, collecting together a miscellany of material on customs, traditions and beliefs under the title "Remaines of Gentilisme and Judaisme". <P2-S5>  He set out to compile county histories of both Wiltshire and Surrey, although both projects remained unfinished. <P2-S6>  His "Interpretation of Villare Anglicanum" (also unfinished) was the first attempt to compile a full-length study of English place-names. <P2-S7>  He had wider interests in applied mathematics and astronomy, and was friendly with many of the greatest scientists of the day. <SEP> <P3-S0> Sir Isaac Newton {'1': ", '2': ", '3': ", '4': "} ( ; 25 December 1642 – 20 March 1726/27) was an English mathematician, astronomer, and physicist (described in his own day as a "natural philosopher") who is widely recognised as one of the most influential scientists of all time and a key figure in the scientific revolution. <P3-S1>  His book "Philosophiæ Naturalis Principia Mathematica" ("Mathematical Principles of Natural Philosophy"), first published in 1687, laid the foundations of classical mechanics. <P3-S2>  Newton also made pathbreaking contributions to optics, and he shares credit with Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz for developing the infinitesimal calculus.