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Sir Isaac Newton
Isaac Newton (1642-1727) is probably best known to the average person because of the story of the falling apple and its relationship to the discovery of gravity. Newton discovered the force of gravity, and today the search is for its carrier: gravity waves. The story of Isaac Newton is a fascinating one.
As a child, Newton seemed to have shown little promise in academic work. ...
Newton arrived at Trinity College Cambridge in 1661 as a sizar, was elected scholar in 1664, graduated BA in 1664/5 in a class of twenty-six from Trinity, and received his MA in 1668. Although the curriculum at Cambridge then focused primarily on classical Aristotelian philosophy, on his own initiative Newton became acquainted with the Descartes’ writings, which introduced him to mechanistic philosophy. ... Returning to the beginning, Newton read the whole book with a new respect. Newton also read Walliss algebra and made notes. ...
Between 1664 and 1666, Newton laid the groundwork of his theory of infinitesimal calculus, binomial expansion, laws of motion, theory of color, and theory of universal gravitation. He did so largely in isolation, and despite having to return to Woolsthorpe (his birthplace) for nearly a year in the summer 1665 following the closure of Cambridge
Sir Isaac Newton (cont’d)
due to an outbreak of the plague.
Approximate Word count = 943
Approximate Pages = 3.8
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