It anticipated Einstein's equivalence of matter and energy in Query 30: "why may not Nature change bodies into light, and light into bodies?"
Cast in the Euclidean style of the Mathematical Principles, eight definitions and eight Axioms pre-cede the three Books. It anticipated Einstein's equivalence of matter and energy in Query 30: "why may not Nature change bodies into light, and light into bodies?" Through investigations of Iceland spar, it introduced the idea of polarization. The author investigates the interference of corpuscles by placing a convex lens on a table, producing a pattern still named for this work's author. FTP, identify this investigation of the nature and interactions of light by Isaac Newton.
Cast in the Euclidean style of the Mathematical Principles, eight definitions and eight Axioms pre-cede the three Books.
Opticks (make sure they pronounce the ”k”)