ISSAC

NEWTON
JUNE THANATCHA 11-06
 BIOGRAPHY

Isaac Newton was born on Dec.

25, 1642, in Woolsthorpe,
England.

His father died before he was

born, and when he was only
three his mother, Hannah
Newton, remarried and moved
away, leaving him to be raised
by an uncle
 EDUCATION
-Age of 12 to 14 Isaac Newton
went to Grantham Grammar
School

-In 1659 Isaac had to leave to

help his mother on the family
farm

-Isaac Newton was not

interested in running a farm
so in 1660 he went to the
grammar school again
 CollegeandCareer

In1661,Isaacbegantoattend
collegeatCambridge.Later,he
becomingaprofessorof
mathematicsandafellowofthe
RoyalSociety(agroupof
scientistsinEngland).
In1696Newtonbecamethe
wardenoftheRoyalMintin
London.Hetookhisduties
seriouslyandtriedtogetridof
corruptionaswellastoreform
thecurrencyofEngland.

IsaachadtoleaveCambridgefrom
1665to1667becauseoftheGreat
Plague.Hespentthesetwoyears
instudyandisolationathishome
inWoolsthorpedevelopinghis
theoriesoncalculus,gravity,and
thelawsofmotion.
 MAJOR WORK
Philosophiae Naturalis
Principia Mathematica

In1687NewtonpublishedhismostimportantworkcalledthePhilosophiae
NaturalisPrincipiaMathematica(whichmeans"Mathematicalprincipalsof
NaturalPhilosophy").Inthisworkhedescribedthethreelawsofmotionas
wellasthelawofuniversalgravity.Thisworkwouldgodownasoneofthe
mostimportantworksinthehistoryofscience.Itnotonlyintroducedthe
theoryofgravity,butdefinedtheprincipalsofmodernphysics.
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SCIENTIFIC
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THE END
Isaac Newton died on March
31, 1727, aged 84. He had
never married and had no
children.

He was buried in
Westminster Abbey,
London.headng