2. An accomplished
mathematician, physicist and
one of the leaders of the
Scientific Revolution
Born January 4th, 1643
Died March 31st, 1727
Born in Woolsthrope, England
Known for his studies of
Gravity, Optics, and Calculus
3. At nineteen, with help from
his uncle, Newton gained
acceptance to the Trinity
College of Cambridge
While there he paid his
tuition by waiting tables at a
local pub and doing other
odd jobs for the school
During his period at
Cambridge Newton studied
Optics, and it was his work
with Optics that eventually
allowed him to be accepted
into the Royal Society
4. As the Plague came to Cambridge
the school was shut down for a
short period of time
It was during this time that
Newton would soon develop his
ideas of Gravity
The story goes that Newton was
sitting under an apple tree in the
country, and as he sat there he
noticed an apple fall from its
branch
And he had to ask “But why? Why
does the apple not just fall up?”
5. After watching the apple
fall Newton went straight
to work on his theory
Newton was able to use
an equation he created to
determine the actual
force needed to hold the
moon in place
He would eventually
develop his Three Laws of
Motion from this
6. Newton’s first Law States
that
“An object at rest stays
at rest unless acted
upon by another force”
He built this concept off
Galileo’s concept of
Inertia
This example can be seen
in things such as planes
taking off or throwing a
baseball
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7. Newton’s Second Law states that
“That there is a relationship
between an objects mass and it’s
force. This is calculated by the
equation F=ma.”
F=ma is broken down as ‘F’ is
Force, ‘m’ is the mass of an
object and ‘a’ is the acceleration
the object is under
In modern day this has allowed to
be able to calculate different
dynamics such as the force of car
crashes and the destructive
power of bombs
8. Newton’s last law states
that
“For every action there is
an equal of opposite
reaction.”
This means that for
everything that we do
there is always some kind
of reaction
You can see this in things
such as firing a gun and a
space ship launching
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9. Newton would eventually publish
his works, but he would waited
over twenty years before he
actually did
The reason behind this is because
Newton was very sensitive to
criticism, and due to the very
religious atmosphere of the time
he decided to wait
And of course we all know the
result, because for over 300 years
Newton has been known as the
Father of Gravity
10.
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