Isaac Newton :: Biography, Science

Isaac Newton was a brilliant scientist whodiscovered umpteen important things. Thesources for this report are Encyclopedia" andthe book "Isaac Newton The sterling(prenominal)Scientist of All Time" by Margaret JeanAnderson.Sir Isaac Newton was born on December 25,1642 (according to the Julian calendarwhich was in use then the realise wasJanuary 4, 1643, according to the Gregoriancalendar in use today), at Woolsthorpe, weedy Grantham in Lincolnshire. His widowedmother remarried when he was three yearsold, deviation him in care of his feeblegrandmother. Eventually his mother waspersuaded to send him to grammar instinctiveisein Grantham. Later, in the summer of 1661,he was sent to Trinity College, at theUniversity of Cambridge.Isaac Newton received his bachelorsdegree in 1665. After an intermission ofwell-nigh two years he returned to TrinityCollege, which elected him to a experiencein 1667. Isaac Newton received his mastersdegree in 1668. Newton unattended much ofth e established curriculum of the universityto pursue his own interests mathematicsand natural philosophy. Proceeding entirelyon his own, he investigated the latestdevelopments in mathematics and the newnatural philosophy that treated nature as acomplicated machine. Almost immediately,he made fundamental discoveries that wereinstrumental in his career in science.Sir Isaac Newton, the Englishmathematician and physicist, is consideredto be one of the greatest scientists inhistory. He made important contributions tomany fields of science. His discoveries andtheories laid the can for much of theprogress in science and math since his