best-known for his discovery of the law of universal gravitation and the

laws of motion. Much of modern science is based on the understanding and

Isaac Newton was born on Christmas Day, 1642, in the small English

town of Woolsthorpe. His father, a farmer, died shortly before Isaac was

born. When the boy was three years old, his mother remarried and moved to

another town. Isaac stayed on at the farm in Woolsthorpe with his

grandmother. After attending small country school, he was sent at the age

of twelve to the Kings School in the near by town of Grantham.

At first Isaac was a poor student. He cared little for school work,

perferring to paint, make kites, write in notebooks, or invent toys. He

made no friends. Silent and dreamy, he was at the bottom of his class.

Oddly, it was a savage kick by a school bully that caused Newton's great

mind to awaken. The mild, dreamy boy flew into a rage and beat the other

boy thoroughly. Isaac determined to beat the bully in school work as well.

Soon Isaac was at the head of his class.

In 1656 Newton's stepfather died. His mother returned to

to the ground. Each time, he marked the spot where he landed. Newton was

problems. in those 18 months he laid the foundation for his lifes work.

wanted to stay on at the university to continue his studies. But the plague,

jot it down, not even sitting down to write.

Woolsthorpe to take care of the farm left by Newton's father. But she could

professor of Mathematics at Trinity College in 1669. Early in 1672 he was

did they fall down and not up? It must be because the earth is attracting

formula in Mathematics that has been used ever since. Today it is called

the boy so long. He had forgotten all about the barn doors. They were riped

each other. Rather then spending time with people, he spent his time

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