All About Isaac!

Isaac Newton

Isaac was born at Woolsthrope Manor in Lincoln shire on Christmas day 1643. Issac's dad died before he was born. When he was three his mother left him in the care of his grandmother. Eventually his mothers husband died and she was persuaded to send him to grammar school in Grantham. Later, in the summer of 1661, he was sent to the university of Cambridge. Isaac received his Bachelors degree in 1665.He took two years off from college to avoid the Plague. His discoveries and theories laid the foundation for much of the progress in science. He was one of the inventors of the branch of mathematics called "calculus". Also, he discovered the mysteries of light and optics, formulated the three laws of motion, and derived from them the law of universal gravitation. In 1668 he made the first reflecting telescope.His early notebooks show that his studies included arithmetic,geometry,trigonometry and, later, copernicanastronomy and optics. He did discover gravity by watching an apple fall from a tree. Isaac used to be a English and math teacher. He was also considered a great scientist. Newton was like a genius who stood at the point in history where magic ended and science began.

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Alex Elliott SOURCES

Internet and Electric library