2. Birth date: 4 January, 1643
Birth place: Woolsthorpe, Lincolnshire, England
Siblings and Family:
Mother: Hannah Ayscough
Father: Isaac Newton
Sister: Hannah Smith Pilkington, Mary Smith
Brother: Benjamin Smith
Grandmother: Ann Newton, Margery Blythe
Grandfather: James Ayscough, Robert Newton
Death: 31 March, 1727
3. He attended the King’s School in Grantham before
enrolling at the University of Cambridge’s Trinity
College in 1661. Newton studied a classical curriculum
at Cambridge, but he became fascinated by the works
of modern philosophers such as René Descartes, even
devoting a set of notes to his outside readings.
4. Isaac Newton (1642–1727) is best known for having
invented the calculus in the mid to late 1660s He
became a dominant figure in Britain almost
immediately following publication of his Principia in
1687, with the consequence that “Newtonianism” of
one form or another had become firmly rooted there
within the first decade of the eighteenth century. His
influence on the continent, however, was delayed by
the strong opposition to his theory of gravity.
5. The Importance of the Work.
The Historical Context of the Principia.
Mathematical Principles of Natural Philosophy
7. 1648: Born in England
1666: Discovered spectrum of light
1670: Worked on mathematics of gravitation
1684: Completed calculation on gravitation
1687: Publication of his work
1727: Died in London
8. Born in 1643 in Woolsthorpe, England. Isaac
Newton began developing his theories on light,
calculus and celestial mechanics while on break from
Cambridge University. Years of research culminated
with the 1687 publication of “Principia,” a landmark
work that established the universal laws of motion and
gravity.
9. His unhappy childhood helped shape his secretive
personality.
Newton's mother wanted him to be a farmer.
The Black Death inadvertently set the stage for one of
his most famous insights.
As a professor at Cambridge, his lectures were poorly
attended.
Isaac Newton ran the Royal Mint and had forgers
executed.