Sophie Griffin 9C
Ms. Tinsley
Enrichment
11/2/15
Isaac Newton: Influential Genius
Isaac Newton and his laws and observations made indelible marks on science and mathematics that continue to influence these fields even today. His contributions to optics, how bodies move, gravitation, his invention of the reflecting telescope, and many other innovations are important today, and were in the past. Newton said, “If I have seen further, it is by standing on the shoulders of giants.” (Meadows 70) Newton became a giant so tall that generations of scientists and mathematicians saw further on his shoulders.
On Christmas Day in Woolsthorpe, 1642, a tiny baby was born prematurely-Isaac Newton. His father had died and when he was only a toddler his mother
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In his undergraduate years he was not a great student, partially due to his own study of Decartes, Gassendi, and Hobbes. “In 1665 Newton took his bachelor’s degree at Cambridge without honors or distinction. Since the university was closed for the next two years because of plague, Newton returned to Woolsthorpe in midyear.”(Hatch, “Sir Isaac Newton”) He spent a year and a half there, in which he made many of his important revolutions. His time was spent on the development of infinitesimal calculus, the beginnings of his work on color and light, and planetary motion. Newton became a minor fellow in April of 1667, and by 1669 he was a senior fellow and Lucisian professor of mathematics. He was elected into the Royal Society, the premiere place for scientific research. In the next few years, he was criticized by Hooke who accused him of plagiarizing papers, his mother died, and he had an emotional breakdown. These led to him cutting ties and secluding himself to practice alchemy. In around 1680, Newton began to figure out the puzzle of planetary motion, which confused scholars at the time. In 1684, Hooke and Halley asked him about what kind of curve a planet’s motion has when it goes around the sun. He told them it was an …show more content…
His greatest work, the Principia, contains three books. The first contained basic principles. The three laws newton but in the first book said: “an object not being pushed or pulled by a force would either sit still, or move in a straight line” (Meadows 73), the second said that when a force is applied to said object, the object accelerates in the direction of force, for a given force, the amount of acceleration depends on the mass of the object. (Meadows 73) The last law said “if you push or pull an object, it will push or pull you to an equal extent. (Meadows 74) These laws are called Newton’s laws of motion even though others knew them. Gravitation was also discussed in the first book. He detailed what forces keep planets in the suns orbit. He used his three laws and gravitation to solve Kepler’s laws of planetary motion, which before had only been seen. The item of greatest significance in book one was gravity-that all objects in the universe attract all other objects in the universe, whether the object is an apple or a planet. Another part of this is the difference between weight and mass. Newton saw the important distinction. Book two of Principia was concerned with Newton disproving Decartes theory that the universe is filled with a king of fluid, called ether. The final book of Principia uses what was discussed in the first two books and applies them. “Newton showed that a planet is held together because of
Born January 4, 1643 in England, Newton was known to have one of the greatest minds of the 17th century. He invented calculus and produced the law of gravity. He also created the three laws of motion and studied light. One of his most famous inventions was was he reflecting telescope. It used mirrors to help the light focus on different parts of the telescope.
Isaac Newton is considered one of the most important philosophies (scientist) in history. One of the biggest accomplishments the newton created was discovering the theory of gravity. Defined in the Principia, his theory about gravity helped to explain the movements of the planets and the Sun. This theory is known today as Newton's law of universal gravitation. Also Newton's created the laws of motion were three fundamental laws of physics that laid the foundation for classical
Newton’s law of gravity helped him very much with his development of his laws, ”Moreover, along with Newton's laws of motion, the law of universal gravitation became the guiding model for the future development of physical law.("Newton's Law of Universal Gravitation”). Newton then realized that his laws are also tools to help him make more scientific discoveries. Newton also used other scientist research to help him make his discoveries. Newton used findings from another scientist when discovering his 3 laws, In the Principia Mathematica, which appeared in 1687, Newton took Italian scientist Galileo Galilei's findings about motion and the speed of falling objects and organized them into three basic laws of motion. (“
Born on January 4th, 1643 in Woolsthorpe, England, Isaac Newton was an established mathematician and physician. He is credited as one of the greatest minds of the 17th century Scientific Revolution. With his discoveries in optics, motion, and mathematics, Newton developed the principles of modern physics. He also shares credit with Gottfried Leibniz for the creation/development of Calculus.
Before Newton talked about gravitation the main knowledge of scientists was a elementary knowledge of optics, mechanics and astronomy.Copernicus Kepler and Galileo provided the background knowledge of the stars and planets, but Newton used their data to discover the whole gravitational system.10Newton reasoned that the planets and all other physical objects in the universe moved through mutual attraction of gravity.Newton said that every other object in the universe affected every other object through gravity.This explained why the planets move in an orderly fashion. Newton found that “the force of gravity towards the whole planet did arise from and was compounded of the forces of gravity towards all it’s parts, and towards every one part was in the inverse proportion of the squares of the distances from this part.”Newton proves all of this mathematically. This was known to be the single most important contribution to physics that ever has been made.11
After Sir Isaac Newton finished college he went on to have many great accomplishments. One of his first came when he was outside by an apple orchard and he saw an apple drop which caused him to discover the force of gravity. He also found out how to determine the average speed of something by using the formula distance divided by time is equal to the average speed of the object. With that he also developed a new type of math called calculus which is the understanding of ways things change. Later on in his life Newton began experimenting with light using a prism to determine that white light is the presence of all light. Newton also redesigned the telescope, became an alchemist, and was elected into the Royal Society. One of his greatest accomplishments
During Newtons stay in Cambridge in his early years he was education in physics, logic, ethics but his curiosity carried him into the realms of other aspects of knowledge. Since he could read and write he started to read books outside the normal teachings of his field like Descartes Opera philosphica. By then he was enthralled by other fields and started to teach himself advance mathetmatics, inspired by the works of Descartes, Wallis and ect. But his submersion
When talking about him in general, he was one of the culminating figures of the scientific revolution back in the 17th century. People believed that he was one of the greatest people to be able to help to change the world. Isaac Newton involvement to his successful career in astronomy was all based off of his background, his laws of motions, his inventions, and his theory of gravity. Isaac’s background shaped him into the person he is today. First, The intelligent
He was born in Woolsthorpe, England, in the year 1627. The world credits Isaac Newton with the development of the Laws of Motion. His accomplishments were not limited to mechanics and gravitation, he also studied chemistry, alchemy, mathematics, and history. Newton shared the “method of fluxions,” a calculus method which he developed, to the scientific community in 1668. Isaac Newton enrolled in Cambridge University in 1661 and, while still a student, investigated Robert Boyle’s light prism.
Some accomplishments from Sir Isaac Newton are, in 1686, he presented his three laws of motion, in his book, “The Mathematical Principles of Natural Philosophy.” This formed the principle of modern physics and where he became famous. He also invented the Reflecting Telescope. The Reflecting Telescope is a single or combination of curved mirrors that reflect light.
Newton along with Galileo had a huge impact of Scientific Revolution because he helped shape it in powerful ways. Newton developed a physical law that has become known as Newton’s Law of Universal Gravitation. In scientific jargon, the law states, ‘any two bodies in the universe attract each other with a force that is directly proportional to the product of their masses and inversely proportional to the square of the distance between them’ Another major contribution made by Newton was the formulation of the Laws of Motion. Newton created three of them. Newton's’ first law recognized Galileo’s concept, this law is often referred to as the term of inertia. ELABORATE AND
Sir Isaac Newton isolated himself from others in order to further his studies, attempted to prove his theories about planetary orbits, and wrote the Philosophiae Naturalis Principia Mathematica during the
Sir Isaac Newton is one of the most important scientists in history with Albert Einstein, Aristotle, and Galileo. He was born in Woolsthorpe, England on January 4, 1643 and died March 31, 1727 in London, England. During his lifetime Newton discovered and invented many things, while also studying lots of classic philosophers and astronomers. Newton’s wide range of discoveries formed the basis for modern physics. Not only did he give us the three laws of motion, but he also gave us the origins of color and calculus. These discoveries play big roles in our world today.
The discovery of these laws, laid down a basic foundation for the physics of motion. Newton's three laws of gravity changed the way in which the world was perceived, because of their accuracy in describing many unexplained phenomenons.3 They explained what happens as a result of different variables, but most importantly, they explained why and how these actions happen. Like many of Isaac Newtons ideas and theories, the three laws of motion had a profound impact on the scientific community. The three laws of motions provided an explanation for almost everything in macro physics. Macro Physics is the branch of physics that deals with physical objects large enough to be observed and treated directly.4 This allowed for many new advancements in physics because the foundation had been build for others to develop upon. Isaac Newton published these findings in his revolutionary book “The Principa”. The Principa was revolutionary book because it organized the bulk of his life’s work, More importantly the
The general and widespread acceptance of Sir Isaac Newton’s models and laws may often be taken for granted, but this has not always been so. Throughout history, scientists and philosophers have built on each other’s theories to create improved and often revolutionary models. Although Newton was neither the first nor the last to bring major innovations to society, he was one of the most notable ones; many of his contributions are still in use today. With the formulation of his laws of motion, Sir Isaac Newton contributed to the downfall of Aristotelianism and provided a universal quantitative system for approximating and explaining a wide range of phenomena of space and the physics of motion, revolutionizing the study and understanding