Isaac+Newton

Isaac Newton    ** Isaac Newton was born on January 4th 1643 in Woolsthorpe, Lincolnshire. His father was a prosperous farmer, who died three months before Newton was born. His mother re-married and Newton was left in the care of his grandparents. **    ** <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;"> In 1661, he went to Cambridge University where he became interested in mathematics, optics, physics and astronomy. In October 1665, a plague epidemic forced the university to close. After the University closed this is when     ** **<span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;"> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px; font-family: Georgia, serif;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;"> he began to think about gravity, and also devoted time to optics and mathematics, working out his ideas about 'fluxions' (calculus). <span style="font-size: 120%; font-family: Georgia, serif;">    **<span style="font-size: 140%; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;">** In 1667, Newton returned to Cambridge, where he became a fellow of Trinity College. Two years later he was appointed second Lucasian Professor of Mathematics. It was Newton's reflecting telescope, made in 1668, that finally brought him to the attention of the scientific community and in 1672 he was made a Fellow of the Royal Society. From the mid-1660s, Newton conducted a series of experiments on the composition of light, discovering that white light is composed of the same system of colors that can be seen in a rainbow and establishing the modern study of optics (or the behaviour of light). In 1704 Newton published 'The Opticks' which dealt with light and colour. He also studied and published works on history, theology and alchemy. However, in 1687, with the support of his friend the astronomer Edmond Halley, Newton published his single greatest work, the 'Philosophiae Naturalis Principia Mathematica' ('Mathematical Principles of Natural Philosophy'). This showed how a universal force, gravity, applied to all objects in all parts of the universe. In 1689, Newton was elected MP for Cambridge University (1689 - 1690 and 1701 - 1702). In 1696 Newton was appointed warden of the Royal Mint, settling in London. He took his duties at the Mint very seriously and campaigned against corruption and inefficiency within the organisation. In 1703, he was elected president of the Royal Society, an office he held until his death. He was knighted in 1705. Newton was a difficult man, prone to depression and often involved in bitter arguments with other scientists, but by the early 1700s he was the dominant figure in British and European science. He died on 31 March 1727 and was buried in Westminster Abbey. ** <span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;">

<span style="display: block; font-size: 150%; color: #ff00df; font-family: 'Arial Black', Gadget, sans-serif; text-align: center;"> <span style="display: block; font-size: 150%; color: rgb(0,0,0); font-family: 'Arial Black', Gadget, sans-serif; text-align: center;"> "If i have seen further than others, its is by standing upon the shoulders of a giants" - Isaac Newton <span style="display: block; font-size: 150%; color: rgb(0,0,0); font-family: 'Arial Black', Gadget, sans-serif; text-align: center;"> <span style="display: block; color: rgb(0,0,0); font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; text-align: center;">Without Isaac Newton's discoveries we would not know about a lot of things. Some of the things he discovered and showed to the world were the laws of gravity, the reflecting telescope, and the study of optics(or the behavior of light). <span style="display: block; color: rgb(0,0,0); font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; text-align: center;">These thing he discovered has help us explain how the world works and made us be able to find new discoveries. The telescope that he invented we still use today in labs and on experiments. Without this telescope we would not be able to find out many thing we know today. <span style="display: block; color: rgb(0,0,0); font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; text-align: center;"> <span style="display: block; color: rgb(0,0,0); font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; text-align: center;"> <span style="display: block; color: rgb(0,0,0); font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; text-align: center;"> <span style="display: block; color: rgb(0,0,0); font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; text-align: center;"> <span style="display: block; color: rgb(0,0,0); font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; text-align: center;"> <span style="display: block; color: rgb(0,0,0); font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; text-align: center;"> <span style="display: block; color: rgb(0,0,0); font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; text-align: center;"> <span style="display: block; color: rgb(0,0,0); font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; text-align: center;">

**__Notebook Activity:__** After reading about Isaac Newton and his achievments, create an Acrostic Poem using his life and work. Each letter must be paired with a phrase to describe something about Isaac Newton. For example: <span style="display: block; color: rgb(0,0,0); font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; text-align: center;">
 * I**nventor <span style="display: block; color: rgb(0,0,0); font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; text-align: center;"> **S**uper smart  <span style="display: block; color: rgb(0,0,0); font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; text-align: center;"> **A**lchemist  <span style="display: block; color: rgb(0,0,0); font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; text-align: center;"> **A**dvanced for his time  <span style="display: block; color: rgb(0,0,0); font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 130%; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;"> **C**reative

Isaac Newton was a inventor and a discoverer. Some of the achievements he has accomplished were inventing the reflecting telescope, mathematics, developed the laws of gravity, and he also split a white light into the colors of a rainbow. The Royal Society believed Isaac's theories because his work proved that his theories were correct. Today in the world we also believe in his theory. With the technology that we have today we proved that his theory was correct. Through out Isaac Newton's childhood and adulthood he overcame many obstacles. Weather it was his mother leaving him or his inability to socialize with kids his own age, he overcame the hardships that faced him. As an adult when Newton made most of his important discoveries, another obstacle he had to face was proving his theories to physicists and other professors. Without Isaac Newton's discoveries we would not know about somethings in the world today. Without the reflecting telescope we would never find out about small organisms,bacteria, and cures to diseases. Without the Laws of gravity we would not understand how gravity worked. So thank you Sir Isaac Newton for your discoveries. You are one of the greatest scientist that ever lived so we are rewarding with the <span style="display: block; color: rgb(0,0,0); font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; text-align: center;"> Philosophical Genius Award!!!!!!!! <span style="display: block; color: rgb(0,0,0); font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; text-align: center;"> <span style="display: block; color: rgb(0,0,0); font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; text-align: center;"> <span style="display: block; color: rgb(0,0,0); font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; text-align: center;"> <span style="display: block; color: rgb(0,0,0); font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; text-align: center;">** WANTED ** <span style="display: block; color: rgb(0,0,0); font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; text-align: center;">
 * HERO ** <span style="display: block; color: rgb(0,0,0); font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 130%; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;">
 * Reward $500 - $1000 ** <span style="display: block; color: rgb(0,0,0); font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; text-align: center;">** we take him dead or alive ** <span style="display: block; color: rgb(0,0,0); font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 22px; font-size: 130%; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;">Again Newton encountered difficulties with his old rival Robert Hooke. A number of scientists believed that an inverse square law probably applied, but they had not been able to prove that this would produce the elliptical orbits observed by famous German astronomer Johannes Kepler. Despite Hooke's boasts to the contrary he too failed to be forthcoming with proof. In contrast, Newton succeeded; but Hooke wanted some of the credit but He never got the credit.

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