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    Mathematical History of Isaac Newton Sir Isaac Newton is one of the most influential scientist of all time. He is famously known for being an English mathematician, astronomer, and physicist. He also wrote one of the most influential books called “Philosophiae Naturalis Principia Mathematics”. The book dominated the scientific view for centuries. Per: Luke Mastin author for The Story of Mathematics “Newton developed a new theory of light, discovered and quantified gravitation, and pioneered a…

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    think Sir Isaac Newton's application of the scientific method made him more successful in his research. Though there were others involved in the "scientific revolution" of the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, Newton stands out in his work reevaluating concepts of motion, and devising laws of motion that we still hold as science today (Shipman, p. 51). The experiment element of the scientific method is crucial. The test of a hypothesis must be able to be duplicated by others. As Newton noted,…

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    In the story of Sir Isaac Newton that was aimed at children it made it seem like Sir Isaac Newton had started to think of the forces of gravity and laws of motion when he was a young boy. They showed him experimenting as a young boy and looking for a real world answer right away and never thought of a supernatural answer. However, in the Just The Facts video they claim that Sir Isaac Newton first believed this force to a supernatural power. Sir Isaac Newton believed gravity and motion came from…

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    2015 Isaac Newton Isaac Newton, also known as one of the best mathematician and physicist of all time. Newton was born into a poor farming family and lost his father three months before being born. In 1661 Newton was sent to Cambridge University and began studying mathematics. Soon after, Cambridge University broke out in a plague causing everyone to evacuate. Through out the plague years of 1665 and 1666 Newton made the most significant discoveries as explained in a letter from Newton…

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    paragraphs http://www.rebeccapaton.net/rainbows/facts.htm Two of the most important people in “discovering” the rainbow and the understanding the science behind and explaining it are Sir Isaac Newton and Aristotle. Sir Isaac Newton was born on January 4th, 1643, in Woolsthorpe, Lincolnshire, England. Newton was a mathematician and physicist who made multiple discoveries that are applicable today. Some of his most important discoveries being Newton’s Three Laws of Motion, Universal…

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    respect and those people are honorable. Isaac Newton was the person who defined gravity and the three laws of motion Newton also did this experiment where he put a glass prism and a hole and made light go through the hole. Isaac Newton is honored because of all he found out for us without him we probably would not know what gravity was or how things move. We also would not understand how glass works and not be as advanced in glass we are without him. Isaac Newton work really hard to find out…

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    from sir Isaac Newton himself trying to explain that people over complicated things and that the word is really, simple. Everyone knows who is accused Newton is, but not everyone knows his biography, his innovations, and his impact he's had on the modern day world. Sir Isaac Newton was born 1642, as a puny baby who wasn't expected to live. When Isaac Newton was a child, his mom left him only to come back years later with a husband and two children. Newton despised his stepfather. When Newton…

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    Isaac Newton was an English physicist and a Mathematician.He died on January 4,1643,Woolsthorpe-by-Colsterworth United Kingdom.He died March 31,1727,Kensington,london,United Kingdom.He famous for his law of gravitation. Isaac Newton had a lot of discoveries and achievements.He generalized the binomial theorem.He made the world’s first working reflecting telescope.He created his three laws of motion. Isaac Newton was educated in Trinity college two…

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    Isaac Newton was one of the most famous researchers. Many of his discoveries are still important and used today. Many people know about Newton’s discoveries and laws but not many know about his early life. (biography.com) Isaac Newton was born in the hamlet of woolsthorpe, lincolnshire england, on January 4th, 1643. He was born 3 months premature and his father died before he was born. When Isaac was 3 his mother remarried and left him with his grandmother. After his mother’s second husband…

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    Sir Isaac Newton was an english physicist and mathematician Isaac Newton was most famous for his law of gravitation. Newton was born on January 4, 1643, in Woolsthorpe, England the same year Galileo died Newton only lived 85 years. Isaac Newton was established physicist and mathematician, and is credited as one of the great minds of the 17th century Scientific Revolution. With discoveries in optics, motion and mathematician, Newton developed the principles of modern physics.Isaac Newton was one…

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