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    "Nature and nature's laws lay hid in night: God said, let Newton be! And all was light." - - Alexander Pope The Enlightenment characterizes a philosophical movement of the 18th century that emphasized the use of reason to analyze and scrutinize all previously accepted traditions and doctrines. Through this application of scientific method to all aspects of life, the role of science gradually replaced the role of religion. Sir Isaac Newton, quite possibly one of the most intelligent men to exist

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    Isaac Newton was born in Woolsthorpe, Lincolnshire, England on January 4 1643. Isaac Newton father was a prosperous farmer who died three months before Newton was born. His mother, Hannah Newton got remarried to Barnabas smith and left Newton with his grandparents. In 1653 when Newton was 10 years old Barnabas smith dies and Newton mother came back to be with him. At the age of 12 Newton start gong to Grammar school at Grantham. In 1659 his mother pulled him from school to make him a farmer. One

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    Isaac Newton was born as a premature child on December 25, 1642. His father died three months before his birth. His mother got remarried, and didn’t give much attention to him, so she gave Isaac to his grandparents which made Isaac grow to dislike his step father. Isaac went to school at The King’s School, Grantham when he was twelve to about seventeen, at which he learned only latin. His mother took him out of school and tried to make him a farmer, but he hated it. His mother put him back in school

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    today’s world originated from a highly educated individual known as Sir Isaac Newton. Newton discovered the law of gravitation and how particles attract other particles in the universe. It is essential to understand what events and values led individuals such as Isaac Newton to research and create such intriguing discoveries which were established during the Age of Reason. The guiding principles which scientists such as Newton followed are what provide a foundation for the scientific advances which

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    Isaac Newton was born in England in 1642. He grew up never knowing his real father but resenting his step father. At age 19, Newton went off to Trinity College in Cambridge where he studied philosophers and astronomers such as Descartes, Galileo, Kepler, and Copernicus. It was here; while he obtained his degree, that Newton devised the theory of Calculus. He obtained his degree in 1665 and then dedicated his time to the binomial theory and Calculus.1 By 1666 Newton was the most advanced and enlightened

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    Isaac Newton born on January 4th, 1643 in the hamlet of Woolsthorpe, Lincolnshire England. He was the only child of a local farmer. Newton’s father died before he was even born and his mother left him living with his grandparents by the time he was 3 years old. His mother left him when she got re-married. This had such an impact in his life that when he grew older he once said that he wanted to burn his step-father and mother in their house. At the age of 12, he reunited with his mother. By this

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    Spread of Empiricism Isaac Newton’s astounding achievements in the field of science contributed to the birth of empiricism. This was the belief that knowledge acquired through sense experience is the only true meaningful knowledge. This idea began in Britain and spread all the way to Scotland and even Ireland. Philosophers such as David Hume developed radical ideas supporting these beliefs. Descartes theory regarding clockwork universe inspired others to further investigate the countless mysteries

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    Sir Isaac Newton has been repeatedly portrayed since the last quarter of his life as practically peerless as a natural philosopher. Newton 's achievements were unquestionably useful, diverse and exceptionally inspired (although not all of his work has endured or has been considered valuable1). Fara recounts contemporary, repeated declarations of his seemingly unbelievable genius from elite figures such as X and Voltaire2. This theme has continued in popular culture, mostly unchallenged, to the present

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    Sir Isaac Newton was born in January 4, 1643. He live in United Kingdom. Newton died in March 31, 1727. Newton was a scientist and mathematician. Newton had laws about motion and gravity. The laws that will be discussed about balance and unbalance forces. Balance and unbalance forces are different by motion. His achievement was designing and constructing a reflecting telescope 1668. A balanced force have different direction on an object, but has equal size.If an object starts to keep on

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    The Outlier: Isaac Newton Isaac Newton is an outlier; he was unusually successful, but not in the way the average person thinks. Most people think that success is measured by wealth, but Isaac Newton wasn’t rich. He is an outlier because of everything he did for our understanding of science, math, and the world. He unlocked the mystery of the rainbow that no one has been able to solve for years! He developed the concept of gravity, and thanks to that, people know why they stay on the ground

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