Sir Isaac Newton was one of the greatest minds of the 17th century Scientific Revolution. He helped develop the principles of modern physics and also a new type of math called calculus. His book Philosophiae Naturalis Principia Mathematica has been called the single most influential book on physics (“Sir Isaac Newton”, 2014). Despite all this, he remained a humble man who once said, “If I have seen further than others, it is by standing upon the shoulders of giants (“Isaac Newton”, n.d.)”. Isaac Newton was born on January 4, 1643 in Woolsthorpe, England. He didn't have a very happy childhood. His father, also named Isaac Newton, died 3 months before he was born, and although his father was a very wealthy farmer with many animals and large
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Since the 17th century Scientific Revolution was well underway when Isaac entered college, his university, like most in Europe, was filled with the philosophy of Aristotle (“Sir Isaac Newton”, 2014). During his first three years, Sir Isaac studied the theories of other popular philosophers of the time but became very interested in more advanced science. He realized he had no knowledge of geometry and couldn't understand the mathematics in an astrology book he had bought and started to read many books about mathematics and geometry. Isaac finished college as a scholar on April 28 1664 and received his bachelors degree in April of of 1665. Isaac returned to his home when Cambridge had to close down because of the sudden of the sudden onslaught of the Great Plague. During the 18 months he was studying at home, he developed many new theories about mathematics, optics, physics and astronomy. People believe that it was during this time Isaac was sitting under an apple tree when an apple fell on his head, causing him to discover the law of gravity. The more truthful version of this story is that Isaac saw an apple fall from a tree and that is what caused him to discover the law of gravity. (“Sir Isaac Newton: The Universal Law of Gravitation”,
Since the 17th century Scientific Revolution was well underway when Isaac entered college, his university, like most in Europe, was filled with the philosophy of Aristotle (“Sir Isaac Newton”, 2014). During his first three years, Sir Isaac studied the theories of other popular philosophers of the time but became very interested in more advanced science. He realized he had no knowledge of geometry and couldn't understand the mathematics in an astrology book he had bought and started to read many books about mathematics and geometry. Isaac finished college as a scholar on April 28 1664 and received his bachelors degree in April of of 1665. Isaac returned to his home when Cambridge had to close down because of the sudden of the sudden onslaught of the Great Plague. During the 18 months he was studying at home, he developed many new theories about mathematics, optics, physics and astronomy. People believe that it was during this time Isaac was sitting under an apple tree when an apple fell on his head, causing him to discover the law of gravity. The more truthful version of this story is that Isaac saw an apple fall from a tree and that is what caused him to discover the law of gravity. (“Sir Isaac Newton: The Universal Law of Gravitation”,