The Contributions of Isaac Newton

Sir Isaac Newton went to school at Trinity College Cambridge in England. There he received his bachelor’s degree in 1665 without honors. In 1669, he took the place of his mathematics professor Isaac Barrow and would stay in Trinity for twenty-seven years. Upon moving to London, Newton received the first knighthood for science achievements. Sir Isaac Newton was the author of one of the most important books in the history of science that is called the Principia.

Isaac Newton not only changed the world with the invention of calculus, but also with his theory of light and color, and his invention of physical science and the law of universal gravitation (Margaret, 11). To begin with, Isaac Newton laid down the foundations for differential and integral calculus. It all began when Newton was enrolled at Cambridge College, the University that helped him along in his studies. Here, he began reading what ever he could find, especially if it had something to do with mathematics. He read books on geometry by Descartes, algebra books by John Wallis, and eventually developed the binomial theorem which was a shortcut in multiplying binomials (Margaret, 46).

All this made him to be considered a pioneer in the developement of mathematical logic. Sir Isaac Newton is the other major figure in the development of Calculus. He was an English mathemetician and physcist, whose considered to be one of the greatest scientists in history. Newton was born on December 25, 1642 at Woolsthorpe, near Grantham in Lincolnshire. He attended Trinity College, at the University of Cambridge.

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Sir Isaac Newton was born on December 25, 1642 in Woolsthorpe, near Grantham in Lincolnshire, England. Newton is clearly the most influential scientist who ever lived. His accomplishments in mathematics, optics, and physics laid the foundations for modern science and revolutionized the world. Newton studied at Cambridge and was professor there from 1669 to 1701, succeeding his teacher Isaac Barrow as Lucasian professor of mathematics. His most important discoveries were made during the two-year period from 1664 to 1666, when the university was closed and he retired to his hometown of Woolsthorpe.

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Galileo Galileo was a teacher, astronomer, philosopher, and physicist and was known to be a major part of the scientific revolution. With all of his elaborate drawings and notes he has been referred to as the father of modern astronomy, father of modern physics, and as father of science. Galileo's experimentation was an active process involved the investigating of causal relationships among variables. His studies in scientific experimentation would quickly become and forever remain a cornerstone of unlocking the secrets of nature and the universe. Galileo was born in Pisa, Italy, on February 15th 1564, His schooling included going to the University of Pisa, where he enrolled to be a doctor and get a medical degree but never finished.

During his early life, Sir Isaac Newton was able to develop calculus as well as theories of natural forces and optics, based initially upon the knowledge left by his predecessors. Born at Woolsthorpe, near Grantham in Lincolnshire, where he attended school, he entered Cambridge University in 1661; he was elected a Fellow of Trinity College in 1667, and Lucasian Professor of Mathematics in 1669. He remained at the university as a lecturer until 1696. Of these Cambridge years, in which Newton was at the height of his creative power, he singled out 1665-1666(spent largely in Lincolnshire because of plague in Cambridge) as “the prime of my age for invention”(Newton, 1687 ). Newton’s first major contribution to our world was his original work in mathematical fluxions.

Sir Isaac Newton was a very intelligent mathematician and physicist who is considered one of the most influential scientist of all time. He became a very successful man making many contributions to the field of physics while battling memories of his early life and mental issues he encountered . He is well known for Newtonian mechanics, Universal gravitation, Infinitesimal calculus, Optics Binomial series, Principal Newton's method. Also for publishing a book and building the first reflecting telescope. Isaac Newton was born into a poor farming family on Christmas day 1642 in Lincolnshire, England.

At the age of 19, he entered Trinity College, Cambridge (Newton, 1998). According to the work in Newton (1642), He soon began to escape life by taking interest in things mechanical and began to make water clocks, as well as innumerable drawings and diagrams. After receiving his bachelor's degree in 1665, Newton stayed at Trinity to ear... ... middle of paper ... ...ays later on 20 March 1727; however, his death did not go unnoticed. For decades, Newton has been considered the greatest scientist who ever lived or one out of a handful of the greatest scientists. According to the work in Westfield (2010)," Newton's Principia marked the culmination of the scientific revolution, which ushered in modern science, and through its legacy the work may have done more to shape the modern world than any other ever published".