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    Isaac Newton's Three Laws

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    Newton’s Laws Sir Isaac Newton created his three laws in 1686 when he was only 43 years old. The three laws that he created were, 1) An object in motion stays in motion and an object at rest stays at rest unless acted on by an outside force. 2) F=ma, and 3) Every action has an equal and opposite reaction. Without these three laws there would be a huge misunderstanding in how things move, rise, and fall. Every time you hit a ball or bounce on a trampoline you are using one of Newton’s three laws…

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    Isaac Newton lived a difficult life ever since the day he was born. Born on January 4, 1643, he was an unfortunate baby. He was not expected to live a single day because of how tiny and weak he was. He was born without a father, and his mother left him behind for a wealthy man. He grew up living with his grandmother for years until his mother returned due to the death of her second husband. He was enrolled at the King's School in Grantham, where he was introduced with chemistry. However, his…

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    mathematician, astronomer, and astrologer. Conjuring up one of science's most revolutionary laws, dealing with planetary motion that has consequently becoming one of his most famous works. His works have even influenced awe-inspiring scientist such as Isaac Newton. Newton implemented his works and connected it with his own to fully explain the complexities of the solar system. (Wikipedia, Kepler's laws of planetary motion, n.d.). However, most of his explanations for why such motions happen are…

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    Isaac Newton is mainly known for his great achievements in science. But Isaac Newton was very involved with the Anglican Church and did support a lot of great things. We won't get to that just yet, let's start from the beginning where it all began. “On January 4, 1643, Isaac Newton was born in the hamlet of Woolsthorpe, Lincolnshire, England (using the "old" Julien calendar, Newton's birth date is sometimes displayed as December 25, 1642)” (A&E Networks Television). Newtons dad passed away three…

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    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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    scholars in the late Middle Ages. Nicolaus Copernicus challenged Ptotemy’s geocentric. Johannes Kepler used many mathematical laws to assure what the astronomer Nicolaus Copernicus’s theories was true. Galileo made varieties of scientific advances. Isaac Newton formed all physical objects were affected by the same force which was gravity. Many different…

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    “Galileo, a famous Italian astronomer, is known for many things. He discovered the four moons of Jupiter, modified the telescope to be able to see farther distances, designed the first pendulum clock, and had so many theories about the universe.” (http://www.space.com/15589-galileo-galilei.html) Eventhough, Galileo and the church did not agree his theories can be proven true. “Galileo was born in Pisa in 1564. He was a cloth merchant, musician, and member of the minor nobility. He enrolled at…

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    “Education is a poor man's haven” by Vikrant Parsai. In a translation to the proverb it's saying that education is a key element when someone living a poor life plans to live their dreams. The proverb is used in everyday society, everybody knows the smart kid in school yet often times they're not the ones to succeed since they most likely live a sheltered life yet, obviously, it's not always the case, but usually if anyone is to succeed, it's the poor kid who nobody believes will achieve…

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    He was born on January 4, 1643 and died on march 31, 1727. He was a physicist and a mathematician who developed the principles of modern physics, also the laws of motion, and was credited with one of the greatest minds of the 17th century. Newton made discoveries in optics, motion and mathematics. In 1668 he designed and constructed a reflecting telescope. Newton created a theory of gravity, it states that two objects attract each other with a force of gravitational attraction that's…

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    Issac newton was born on January 4, 1643 in Woolsthorpe-by-Colsterworth, Lincolnshire, England. Newtons father (also Issac newton) died (at 36) shortly before he was born,he was a farmer. A little while after his mother was remarried and at the age of three he went to live with his grandmother. Issac was not fond of his stepdad and began to resent his parent at a very young age, it is said his family issues contributed to lifelong insecurity. At the age of 12 he went to study at the kings school…

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