sir isaac newton

     

Sir Isaac Newton, FRS (pronounce /ˈnjuːtən/; 4 January 1643 – 31 March 1727 [OS: 25 December 1642 – 20 March 1727]) was an English physicist, mathematician, astronomer, natural philosopher, alchemist and theologian. His Philosophiæ Naturalis Principia Mathematica, published in 1687, is said to be the greatest single work in the history of science. In this work, Newton described universal gravitation and the three laws of motion, laying the groundwork for classical mechanics, which dominated the scientific view of the physical universe for the next three centuries and is the basis for modern engineering. Newton showed that the motions of objects on Earth and of celestial bodies are governed by the same set of natural laws by demonstrating the consistency between Kepler's laws of planetary motion and his theory of gravitation, thus removing the last doubts about heliocentrism and advancing the scientific revolution.

Trivia about sir isaac newton

  • At his death in 1727, he left over one million words he had written on alchemy & the occult
  • Part of an apple tree he sat beneath is preserved at the Royal Astronomical Society in London
  • The Westminster Reference Library in London occupies the site where this scientist lived from 1710 to 1725
  • You better buckle up, as his second law of motion shows when your car stops suddenly, you don't
  • Using a prism, this Englishman proved that white light is a combination of the colors of the spectrum
  • His 1687 "Principia" is considered one of the greatest scientific works ever published
  • This British scientist born in 1642 said he was only a boy finding pretty shells beside "the great ocean of truth"
  • His discovery of universal gravitation weighed heavily on minds of the great thinkers of the age
  • In 1663 James Gregory figured a reflecting telescope was possible; this Brit made it a reality in 1668
  • In 1669 this physicist became Lucasian Professor of Mathematics at Trinity College, Cambridge
  • He outlines his 3 laws of motion in "Philosophiae Naturalis Principia Mathematica"
  • In 1699 Capt. Kidd was out pirating for loot & this scientist was made master of the Mint in England
  • This English scientist didn't need a cat to fall on him to inspire the cat flap, a swinging door
  • A rocket's thrust may be measured in units named for this man whose laws of motion explain rocketry
  • He experimented with prisms & published his theories on light & color in 1704's "Opticks"
  • In 1987 the Smithsonian celebrated the 300th anniversary of this scientist's "Principia"
  • At his death in 1727, he became the first scientist buried in Westminster Abbey
  • His discoveries, published in the 1704 work "Opticks", explained why objects appear to be colored
  • With Cambridge closed because of the plague, he developed calculus at his mother's farm in Woolsthorpe
  • Born 1642, Woolsthorpe, England; mischievous cur: Diamond, known to destroy scientific papers
  • This English scientist wrote, "If I have seen further, it is by standing on the shoulders of giants"
  • As a boy he built a model windmill; his calculus foe Gottfried Leibniz designed them as an adult
  • This Englishman is considered the most original and influential thinker in the history of science
  • In 1705 he became the first Englishman knighted for scientific achievement
  • In 1703 he became president of the Royal Society & was reelected annually until his death in 1727
  • Edmond Halley paid all the expenses to publish this man's 1687 masterpiece "Principia Mathematica"

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