Isaac Newton
Jamie L. Brock
Instructor Mooney
01 November 2014
“The Life of Sir Isaac Newton”
When I had to choose a name from the list of the greatest mathematicians, it became a difficult task to only choose one. There are so many people to choose from, but I chose, Isaac (Sir) Newton. Isaac Newton was born on January 4th 1643 in Woolsthorpe, England. Newton died on March 31, 1727 in London. Newton was a very different type of mathematician, his ways were not always the same as the other greats. Isaac Newton mainly used mathematics as a researching tool for astronomy and physics. According to Biography.com, Isaac Newton was born prematurely, sickly, and very weak. He was not expected to survive but only a few days. Isaac Newton was more than just a brilliant mathematician he was an astronomer and physicists. From an early age of twelve till he turned seventeen Newton went to a king school in Grantham. He went to Trinity College, in Cambridge in June, sixteen hundred sixty-one, where Isaac showed a lot of interest in astronomy. He set out to get a degree in law, and this limited his field of study, which was during his first few years of college. However, by the third year he was allowed more freedom to pursue other interests. According to Encyclopedia.com, during this time he was able to study new mathematical and scientific methods from such scientists and mathematicians as Galileo, and Wallis. He also read some ideas from Copernicus, Galileo and Kepler. In sixteen hundred sixty-five, Newton received his degree, and continued researching mathematical theories like generalized binomial theorem. Newton spent all his private time in developing his theories on calculus, optics, and the law of gravitation. In Isaac’s early twenties, he had invented calculus, which is about the same time Gottfried Leibniz also did, independently. This branch of mathematics, Newton discovered, could be used to find the answers to such problems as finding the speed of a
Instructor Mooney
01 November 2014
“The Life of Sir Isaac Newton”
When I had to choose a name from the list of the greatest mathematicians, it became a difficult task to only choose one. There are so many people to choose from, but I chose, Isaac (Sir) Newton. Isaac Newton was born on January 4th 1643 in Woolsthorpe, England. Newton died on March 31, 1727 in London. Newton was a very different type of mathematician, his ways were not always the same as the other greats. Isaac Newton mainly used mathematics as a researching tool for astronomy and physics. According to Biography.com, Isaac Newton was born prematurely, sickly, and very weak. He was not expected to survive but only a few days. Isaac Newton was more than just a brilliant mathematician he was an astronomer and physicists. From an early age of twelve till he turned seventeen Newton went to a king school in Grantham. He went to Trinity College, in Cambridge in June, sixteen hundred sixty-one, where Isaac showed a lot of interest in astronomy. He set out to get a degree in law, and this limited his field of study, which was during his first few years of college. However, by the third year he was allowed more freedom to pursue other interests. According to Encyclopedia.com, during this time he was able to study new mathematical and scientific methods from such scientists and mathematicians as Galileo, and Wallis. He also read some ideas from Copernicus, Galileo and Kepler. In sixteen hundred sixty-five, Newton received his degree, and continued researching mathematical theories like generalized binomial theorem. Newton spent all his private time in developing his theories on calculus, optics, and the law of gravitation. In Isaac’s early twenties, he had invented calculus, which is about the same time Gottfried Leibniz also did, independently. This branch of mathematics, Newton discovered, could be used to find the answers to such problems as finding the speed of a
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