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The Legacy Of Isaac Newton

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“If I have seen further than others, it is by standing upon the shoulders of giants”-Isaac Newton (BrainyQuote).Sir Isaac Newton was born on January 4, 1648 in Woolsthorpe-by Colsterworth, Lincolnshire, England, United Kingdom as a premature baby. During this era of the 17th century Scientific Revolution, science was revolutionizing but lacked knowledge that was added by this influential prominent figure. As a result, through this historical figure’s trek, solutions to questions that once were unimaginable were solved. Nicknamed Isaac Newton, Jr., he influenced people to this day, impacting the world to the future, past, and present. Isaac Newton cemented a perennial legacy after revolutionizing the understandings in Science, mathematics, …show more content…

For instance, he viciously stated,” “Threatening my father and mother Smith to burn them and the house over them.”(Encyclopedia Britannica). Isaac’s life began from a dwelling start of minute survival possibilities and suffered through the insecurity of living without out his parents, climbing the staircase one step at a time.
Subsequently, Newton, secluded from his parents who denied education, lived with a grandmother who influenced learning, provided the basis of his intelligence. In 1654, Newton was enrolled at The King’s School, Grantam Grammar School at age 12 located in Grantham, Lincolnshire. He lodged with a local apothecary, who helped build up his interest in chemistry and the undeveloped medicine fields. Excelling in all his courses, he also erected an interest in reading books, creating novel models, and chemistry. As a result, once he banged a peg into a wall, marked hours around it, and saw its shadow move, telling time at amazing accuracy. In addition, he generated a windmill operated by a mouse running on a treadmill. Though, Newton had a complex personality, since at school he carved his name on every bench he sat on, including some stone window ledges. As a fragile and gifted child he received criticism which would later develop his new personality during his adulthood.
Afterwards, Hannah became widowed for the second time and dropped Newton out of school to work on the farm bringing three

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