Sir.

Isaac Newton

Background
Born on January 4, 1643
In Woolsthorpe, Lincolnshire To the parents of Isaac and Hanna Newton

Interesting Facts
Father deceased three months before his birth Premature birth Mother remarried and left him with his grandparents

Early life
Attended Cambridge in 1661
University closed in 1666 due to plague

1667 Newton returned to college at Trinity College

In a few years he became the second Lucasian professor of
mathematics here

1668 Newtons reflecting telescope brought attention to the scientific community

Early life
Elected to the Royal Society in 1672
Later that year he sends his paper on optics and prisms to the Royal society, Rivalry with Hooke begins

Mid-Life
Newton works on the mathematics of gravitation in his home in Cambridge in the 1670s Death of Hannah Newton in 1679 Newton completed his calculations on gravity and shared them with Edmund Halley, who urged him to publish in 1684

Mid-life
Newton presents the first book, Principia Mathematica, to the Royal Society in 1686

Elder life
Publication of the complete Principia in 1687 1689 Newton was elected as Cambridge's representative to parliament 1705 Newton was knighted by Queen Anne March 20, 1727 Death of Sir Isaac Newton

Newtons Theories
Three Laws of Motion
First Law- An object at rest remains at rest unless acted upon by a force. An object in motion remains in motion, and at a constant velocity, unless acted upon by a force. Second Law- The acceleration of a body is directly proportional to, and in the same direction as, the net force acting on the body, and inversely proportional to its mass. Third Law- When one body exerts a force on a second body, the second body simultaneously exerts a force equal in magnitude and opposite in direction to that of the first body.

Newtons Theories
Law of universal gravity: every point mass in the universe attracts every other point mass with a force that is directly proportional to the product of their masses and inversely proportional to the square of the distance between them.

Bibliography
Newton, Isaac (1642-1727) -- from Eric Weisstein's World of Scientific Biography. (n.d.). ScienceWorld. Retrieved May 6, 2013, from http://scienceworld.wolfram.com/biography/Newton.html Newton, I. (1995). The Principia. Amherst, N.Y.: Prometheus Books. Sir Issac Newton. (n.d.). ThinkQuest : Library. Retrieved May 6, 2013, from http://library.thinkquest.org/C005358/newton.htm Stillman, M., & Tannenbaum, B. (n.d.). Isaac Newton Critical Essay by Myra StillmanBeulah Tannenbaum Volume 53.Study Guides, Lesson Plans, Homework Help, Answers & More - eNotes.com. Retrieved May 6, 2013, from http://www.enotes.com/isaac-newton-essays/newton-isaac-vol-53

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