Sir Isaac Newton Essays -- Biographies

Isaac nitrogen Isaac due north was one of the greatest scientists of totally time. He isbest-known for his discovery of the law of universal gravitation and thelaws of motion. a good deal of modern science is based on the understanding anduse of his laws. Isaac Newton was born on Christmas Day, 1642, in the small Englishtown of Woolsthorpe. His father, a farmer, died shortly before Isaac wasborn. When the male child was three years old, his mother remarried and locomote toanother town. Isaac stayed on at the farm in Woolsthorpe with hisgrandmother. After attention small rural school, he was sent at the ageof xii to the Kings School in the near by town of Grantham. At first gear Isaac was a poor student. He cared little for school work,perferring to paint, make kites, print in notebooks, or invent toys. Hemade no friends. dim and dreamy, he was at the bottom of his class.Oddly, it was a savage kick by a school bully that caused Newtons greatmind to aw aken. The mild, dreamy boy flew into a rage and time the otherboy thoroughly. Isaac determined to beat the bully in school work as well.Soon Isaac was at the head of his class. In 1656 Newtons stepfather died. His mother returned toWoolsthorpe to take care of the farm left hand by Newtons father. But she couldnot manage the farm by herself. Isaac was interpreted out of school and broughthome to help her. As a farmer, Newton proved to be a dismal failure. He neglected the necessity chores and thought only of books to study and mechanical thingsto make. There are galore(postnominal) stories about him at that time that show how absentminded he was becoming. One day while he was leading a horse, the sentient beingslipped its bridle and ran away. ... ...lycalled the Principia, after its Latin title. Many scientists think its themost master(prenominal) scientific book ever written. It contains Newtons famousthree laws of motion. It also contained his law of universal g ravitation.This law applies not only to heavenly bodies. It also explains why abaseball drops from your hand to the ground and why a tinge of dustsettles on a bookshelf. During later years Newton served his country in Parlia manpowert, as wellas in other ways. In 1703 he was elected president of the Royal Society,and in 1705 he was knighted by Queen Anne. Isaac Newton died in 1727. Hewas burried in Westminster Abbey, among the great men of England. Hisstatue stands today in the hall of Trinity College, Cambridge University.BibliographyDavid C. knight. isaac Newtons, Mastermind of modern recognition Groiler inc.Canada, 1969.