Isaac newton

ISAAC NEWTON

Isaac Newton is considered one of the most important scientist in history. Even Albert Einstein said that Isaac newton was the smartest person that ever lived. 

During his lifetime Newton developed the theory of gravity, the laws of motion (which become the basis of physics) A new type of mathematic called calculus and make breakthroughs in the area of optics such as the reflecting telescope. Isaac newton was born in Woolsthorpe, England on January 4 1643. 

His father who was also named Isaac newton has died three months before his birth. His mother remarried when Isaac was three years old and left him in the care of his grandparents . Isaac attended school when he was an adequete student. 

At one point his mother tried to take him out of school so he could help on the farm, but Isaac has no interest in becoming a farmer and was soon back at the school. Isaac grew up mostly alone. For the rest of his life he prefer to work and live alone focused on his writting and his studies. In 1661 Isaac began to attend college at Cambridge 

He would spend much of his life at Cambridge, becoming a professor of mathematics and a fellow of the Royal Society (a group of scientists in England). 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 and isolation at his home in Woolsthorpe developing his theories on calculus, gravity, and the laws 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 to reform the currency of England. He was elected President of the Royal Society in 1703 and was knighted by Queen Anne in 1705.

In 1687 Newton published his most important work called the Philosophiae Naturalis Principia Mathematica (which means "Mathematical principals of Natural Philosophy"). In this work he described the three laws of motion as well as the law of universal gravity. This work would go down as one of the most important works in the history of science. It not only introduced the theory of gravity, but defined the principals of modern physics.