mathematician and astronomer
he was born on January 4th
1643 in Waldorf England his father's
name was Isaac Newton's senior and
mother's name was Hannah a scoff his
father was a rancher and had passed on three
months before Newton's birth his mother
remarried when Isaac was three years old
also, left youthful Isaac being taken care of by his
grandparents
Isaac attended school where he was an
adequate student at one point his mother
endeavored to eliminate him from school so he
could help on the farm but Isaac had no
interest in becoming a farmer and was
soon back at school newton attained his
preliminary education from The King's
School in Grantham where he excelled and
achieved the top rank he then enrolled
himself as a sizer at the Trinity
College Cambridge
in 1661 the young Isaac Newton is
sitting in his garden when an apple
falls on his head and in a stroke of
brilliant insight he suddenly comes up
with his theory of gravity he would
spend much of his life at Cambridge
becoming a professor of mathematics and
a fellow of the Royal Society he
eventually was elected to represent
Cambridge University as a member of
parliament Isaac had to leave Cambridge
from 1665 to 1667
because of the Great Plague he spent
these two years in study in confinement at
his home in world Thorpe developing his
theories on calculus gravity and the
laws of motion
in 1696 Newton became the warden of the
Regal Mint in London he took his obligations
seriously and tried to get rid of
corruption as well as to reform the
currency of England he was elected
president of the Royal Society in 1703
what's more, was knighted by Queen Anne in 1705
in 1687 Newton published his most
important work called the philosophic
notorious principia mathematica
in this work he described the three laws
of motion as well as the law of
universal gravity this work would go
down as quite possibly the main work
in the history of science it not only
introduced the theory of gravity but
defined the principles of modern physics
outlined in the Principia his theory
about gravity helped to explain the
movements of the planets and the Sun
this theory is known today as Newton's
law of universal gravitation Newton's
laws of motion were three fundamental
laws of physics that laid the foundation
for classical mechanics Newton invented
a totally different kind of science which he
called fluxions today we call this math
calculus and it was an important type of
math used in advanced engineering and
science in 1668 Newton invented the
reflecting telescope this type of
telescope uses mirrors to reflect light
and form an image
nearly all of the major telescopes used
in astronomy today are reflecting
telescopes
he died at March 31st 17:27
in London England at the age of 84 -
every action there is always opposed an
equal reaction said Isaac Newton
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