One of the famous scientist, physicist and mathematician- Sir Isaac Newton.

One of the famous scientists whose invention is for the life time and who is a physicist as well as mathematician is Sir Isaac Newton. He was born in the year 1643 at Woolsthorpe which is in Lincolnshire. He started his schooling in this place and joined the Cambridge University. Later he was elected as the fellow of the Trinity College in the year 1667 and was a professor in mathematics. Most of the time he spent in the university and has gained much knowledge. In 1689 he was elected as a member of the parliament for Cambridge University. In 1699 he completed the masters of mint and he was elected as the fellow of Royal society. In 1703 He was elected as a president and remained as a president for his entire life.

The Newton science become popular all over the world and is accepted by the continent. He was considered as the Philosopher in the entire Europe. In his final stage, he concentrated on the reworks and even carried the official responsibilities. He had very simple taste and was modest. He showed anger towards the people who criticized him and at the same he was very generous towards his friends. He did not marry any one and lived alone for his entire life. He proved himself as the able administrator.

Quick Facts:

• Nick name: Big Nose
• Date of birth :4^Th January 1643
• Place of birth: Woolsthorpe, Lincolnshire
• Origin: Woolsthorpe
• Profession: Scientist
• Known for: The laws of gravity
• Website: www.newton.ac.uk

Childhood and growing years

Isaac Newton was born in the year in which the famous personality Galileo has died. He was born on the Christmas day according to the calendar of that century. Immediately after his birth, his father died 3 months earlier to his birth and he had no chances of survival at that time. At the age of three years, Newton’s mother has married other person who was much wealthy but was an elderly person. They lived in the house of that person, but Isaac lived with his grandmother. This wealthy man also died and his mother returned back to him with three children in hand. After two years, he went to school which is in Grantham and there he lived with local apothecary. He had a plan that by the age of 17 he should return back home and should take care of the farm. But he did not succeed as a farmer.

So he was sent to the Cambridge University for Further Studies. In 1661 he reached the trinity college and he used to pay his fees by cleaning tables and rooms of the wealthier students and the faculty members. In the year 1664, he got selected for the scholarship wherein he got the financial support for 4 years from the government. But because of the plague the university was closed and this lead the Newton to reach back home. For two years, he remained at home and worked on the mathematics and physics. Then he understood about the gravitation force and the optics theory. Again he returned back to University in the year 1667 and worked on alchemy. Slowly his work came into recognition and his books were started to publish. Then his fellow mate Barrow resigned the Lucasian professorship and it gave the Newton the way to attain the same position.

Claim to fame

Newton was brought up in the protestant family but he was never a protestant or traditional or orthodox. He was completely a Unitarian person and in addition to the research on physics and mathematics he had his research on the history, theology and in the prophecy. He had the passion to combine the belief and knowledge.

Newton research includes both the mathematical research and the optical research. The optical research was begun in at his under graduation. It took much time to gain some recognition for his mathematical work but he has gained quick recognition for the optical research. After the Newton has been elected for the royal society, he started publishing his papers.  He has performed many experiments on light and one of its important discovery was the visible light is always heterogeneous. He even demonstrated the spectrum colors. One of the crucial experiments of Newton was the experimentum crucis, which is on the composition of the light. This experiment determined that the particular color remains the same even after hitting the second prism. He conducted several experiments on prism and he published these entire optical lectures in the year 1728.

Newton also concentrated and performed several experiments on the wave theories and the particles of light. He continued his research in dynamics and developed Newton laws. Later he started his study on the inverse square relation. He even concentrated on the history and the theology.

Presently

Newton was considered as the natural Philosopher. His contributions for the science and the scientific methods still exists in this present world. He was a typical person who involved mainly in debates with the remaining scientists. The investigations that were made of the Newton were very innovative and the mathematical methods of Newton are set as a standard for the modern science. He has his inventions even in the chemistry. Among all the inventions, the most popular was the dimensions and the forms.

Awards and achievements:

The main achievement of the Isaac Newton was the Universal gravitation laws. It is to determine that the gravitational force works on the complete universe. Newton was considered as the father of the mathematical physics. He has invented several theories but the famous and popular invention was the gravity.

He even invented the colors of the spectrum and gave the meaning to the color theory, calculus, cooling law and the laws of motion.

In 1704, Newton received society of rumble and he gained honors like fellowship of the royal society and he was considered as the professor of the mathematics.
Personal Quotes:

• If I have ever made any valuable discoveries, it has been owing more to patient attention, than to any other talent.”
• “Truth is ever to be found in the simplicity, and not in the multiplicity and confusion of things.”
• “The latest authors, like the most ancient, strove to subordinate the phenomena of nature to the laws of mathematics.”
• “Numero pondere et mensura Deus omnia condidit
  God created everything by number, weight and measure.”
• In the absence of any other proof, the thumb alone would convince me of God’s existence.”