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Isaac Newton was a well-known English scientist. He accomplished a lot during his time and influenced the world a great deal. He is considered to have contributed more to science than any other person. His life can be divided into three periods. The first one was his early childhood, he second was the time of his accomplishments, and the third is his later life. Isaac Newton was born on December 25, 1642 in Woolsthorpe, Lincolnshire, England. His family was poor and his parents farmed for a living. His father died three months before he was born. His mother later remarried a minister and Newton went to stay with his grandmother. He attended a grammar school at the age of eleven, but did not do well. His teachers said that he did not pay attention. His mother then decided to pull him out of school and put him in charge of her properties. Newton decided that he did not want to do this, and, with the help of his uncle, Newton convinced his mother to let him return to school. Stokes, the headmaster of the school, saw that Newton had potential, therefore, he put extra time into tutoring, guiding and mentoring Newton (O'Connor & Robertson 1-2). Newton entered Cambridge College on June 5, 1661. He was older than most of
O'Connor JJ & Robertson, E F. "Isaac Newton." http://www-groups.dcs.st-and.ac.uk/~history/Mathematicians/Newton.html January 2000. Weinstein, Eric W. "Newton, Isaac." http://www.treasure-troves.com/bios/Newton.html Newton wrote many books during his time. One of his most famous was Mathematical Principles of Natural Philosophy. Newton had a mental breakdown in 1675 and was still recovering in 1679. His friend, a man by the name of Halley, was interested in orbits and; therefore, he convinced Newton to publish his works. From August 1684 to the spring of 1686, Newton devoted his time into doing this. Finally, in 1687, a book was published called Mathematical Principles of Natural Philosophy. There were three parts to this book. The first contained definitions and talked about the three laws of motion. The three laws that were discussed are the law of inertia, the law of action and reaction, and the theory of how acceleration was proportion to force. The second part contained Newton's new scientific theory, and the third part included an explanation for why tides occur and the theory of lunar motion. The book also contained his set of four rules for scientific reasoning. The first one is "we are to admit no more causes of natural things such as are both true and sufficient to explain their appearances." The second rule was "the same natural effects must be assigned to the same causes." The third rule stated, " qualities of bodies are to be esteemed as universal," and the fourth rule stated, " propositions deduced from observation of phenomena should be viewed as accurate until other phenomena contradict them," (Weinstein 1-2). Newton followed these four rules when conducting experiments and investigating. Newton spent most of his later portion of his life devoted to alchemical researches and trying to date events in the Bible. He was appointed Warden of the British Mint in 1695 and was knighted by Queen Anne (Wein
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