Isaac Newton

Hey It's Ion_Turtle and I am talking about Sir Isaac Newton! He had a very...   interesting life. He did a lot of stuff for science and math.



He was born on Christmas! Or January 4th depending on which calendar you use (England used two at the time). He was born premature and was expected to die. His dad died a couple months before he was born and his mother married some 60 year old when he was three. After his mom remarried he was raised by his grandparents. He went to Cambridge, but his mom wanted him to be a farmer. His teacher convinced her to let him continue in school. Then after he got his Bachelors Degree the Black Plague hit so he moved home. That is a lot of setbacks.

Cambridge

After he came home he did a lot. This was called his "Miracle Year". He discovered that light is not white. Now I know you already know that, but this was revolutionary at the time. He discovered that light is actually made of colors (RoyGBiv). He did this by focusing a beam of light into a prism.

Isaac Newton made that album cover!


He also discovered gravity! Before Isaac Newton discover gravity we could all fly! (Not true. Its a joke) He got hit on the head by an apple and discovered that everything in the universe has gravity.

 

 

Now I am going to make you hate him. He made something that makes high school students everywhere loose hours of sleep and basically go insane. He created...        Calculus!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Why would he make calculus. Seriously look at the picture. What is that. Why does it have to be so complicated. Anyway he also made the laws of motion. There are three of them. The first says an object at rest tends to stay at rest unless a force is applied to it and an object in motion tends to stay in motion going the same speed and direction until a force is acted upon it. The second says that force pushes stuff and the more mass that the stuff has the more force needs to be used. The third says for every action there is an equal and opposite reaction. This means that is you and your friend are standing on skateboards and you push each other then you will move away from each other.




He also made the reflecting telescope (Wow he did a lot. I am no where near done) This used mirrors to make the image smaller instead on lenses. This made the image much clearer.

Now enough with the inventions. But I'm not done. He also received many awards. He was knighted by Queen Anne for his work with the mint.He worked really hard to stop counterfeiters. He also became the president of the Royal Society. He was reelected until his death. He was also buried at Westminster Abbey which is a great honor.

 Fun fact: Newton was very religious!

Finally. I'm done. This is probably my longest post. Anyway thanks for reading. Leave a comment below.


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Sir Isaac Newton
Cambridge
Dark Side of the Moon cover pic
Newton Gravity meme
Calculus pic
Skateboard pic
Reflecting telescope
Westminster Abbey pic