SIR ISAAC NEWTON

 

SIR ISAAC NEWTON (1643 - 1727):

He was a scientist, Mathematician and astronomer. He was born on January 4, 1643, in Wools Thorpe, England. His father's name was Isaac Newton Sir. and mother's name was Hannah Ayscough. His father was a farmer and had died three months before Newton's Birth. His mother remarried when Isaac was three years old and left young

Isaac in the care of his grandparents. Isaac attended school where he was an adequate student.  At the point his mother tried to take him out out of 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 size at the Trinity Collage, 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 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 isolation at his home in Wools Thorpe developing his theories on calculus, gravity, and the law of motion. In 1696,Newton became the warden of the Royal Mint in London. He took his duties seriously and tried to get rid of corruption as well as reform the currency of England. He was elected President of the Royal Socity in 1703 and was knighted Queen Anne in 1705.

In 1687,newton published his most important work called

THE PHILOSOPHIAE NATURALIS PRINCIPIA MATHEMATICA.

In this work , he described the tree laws of motion as well as the law of Universal gravity.

This work would go down as on of the most important work son the history of science. It not theory introduced the theory of gravity but defined the principals of modern physics. outlined in the Principia , his theory about gravity helped to explain the movement 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 whole new type of mathematics which he called

FLUXIONS.

Today we call this math calculus and it is 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 telescope used in astronomy today are reflecting telescope.

He died in March 31, 1727 in London, England at the age of 84.