Newton was born on January 4, 1643, in Woolsthorpe, England and died in London on March 31, 1727. He made many great scientific discoveries in the categories of optics, motion, and mathematics. With these discoveries, he became known as one of the greatest minds of the 17th century Scientific Revolution. He wrote about these discoveries by publishing a book called Mathematical Principles of Natural Philosophy. This book became known as the most influential book on physics. Newton’s father was a prosperous local farmer, also named Isaac Newton, and he died 3 months before his son was born. Newton was born prematurely and was not expected to survive. When he was 3 years old, his mother left him with his grandmother to go marry a minister named
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While she was married to her second husband she had 3 children. When she returned to Newton, she brought these 3 children with her. While she was away for many years, Newton had been enrolled in a King’s School where he learned chemistry. His mother wanted him to become a prosperous farmer so she unenrolled him for that school. Newton was not impressed with farming and performed poorly at it. After experiencing farming, Newton was soon sent back to a King’s School to finish his education. His uncle, a graduate of the University of Cambridge’s Trinity College, tried to persuade Newton’s mother to enroll him in this college. He enrolled in a program that would teach him how to work as a waiter at restaurants, a maid for the wealthier student’s dorms and etc. When he began his studies, the Scientific Revolution was in full force. During his 3 years in college, Newton was taught the basic curriculum, but he was more interested in the Advanced Sciences. One his spare time, he began to read many different books from many different philosophers. Since he did this, his performance in his studies was poor. This is understandable since he was trying to learn 2 things at once. At this time, he began keeping notes on what he read in what he called “Certain Philosophical Questions”. In this book, he discovered a new concept of nature, which provided a framework for the Scientifical
While she was married to her second husband she had 3 children. When she returned to Newton, she brought these 3 children with her. While she was away for many years, Newton had been enrolled in a King’s School where he learned chemistry. His mother wanted him to become a prosperous farmer so she unenrolled him for that school. Newton was not impressed with farming and performed poorly at it. After experiencing farming, Newton was soon sent back to a King’s School to finish his education. His uncle, a graduate of the University of Cambridge’s Trinity College, tried to persuade Newton’s mother to enroll him in this college. He enrolled in a program that would teach him how to work as a waiter at restaurants, a maid for the wealthier student’s dorms and etc. When he began his studies, the Scientific Revolution was in full force. During his 3 years in college, Newton was taught the basic curriculum, but he was more interested in the Advanced Sciences. One his spare time, he began to read many different books from many different philosophers. Since he did this, his performance in his studies was poor. This is understandable since he was trying to learn 2 things at once. At this time, he began keeping notes on what he read in what he called “Certain Philosophical Questions”. In this book, he discovered a new concept of nature, which provided a framework for the Scientifical