Sir Isaac Newton was born in Lincolnshire, England, in 1642, December 25, three months after his father's passing. He was so tiny when he was born that doctors were very pessimistic. However, he survived and, thankfully, the world was not deprived of his genius. He had a hard childhood. When he was three years old, his mother married a minister who sent Isaac to live with his grandmother. For nine years he was unable to see his mother, causing the young lad psychotic tendencies. During these years, however, Isaac found comfort in books and knowledge.
He started studying at the Trinity College in Cambridge in 1661. He leaved Cambridge due to the plague in 1665. He came back in 1667 to resume his career. He became such a good student that his own professor ended up asking Isaac's advice. Newton was not only a good reader, but also dedicated himself to experimentation and observation. That was how he elaborated his theory of optics, that enabled him to invent a telescope in 1668, the best of the era: more powerful and ten times smaller than the rest. He was named Maths professor by Cambridge in 1669.
In 1687, his most famous work, The Principia, was published, which raised Newton to international prominence. In his work, he summarised his investigations on the forces of gravity. It is now said that this book is probably one of the most important pieces in the history of science. During these years, many discoveries on physics, astronomy, chemistry... were carried out. That is why we call this period the Scientific Revolution, and one of its main authors was Sir Isaac Newton. Newton became the president of the Royal Society in 1703. In 1704, he published his Opticks.
Sir Isaac Newton died in Kensington, England, in 1727.
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