british physicist and mathematician professor of those subjects at the university of cambridge ...
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Sir Isaac Newton
Sir Isaac Newton
British physicist and mathematician Professor of those subjects at the University
of Cambridge Very anti-religious, strong opponent to King
James II movement to turn all universities into Catholic institutions.
Who?
Famous for his three Laws of Motion:Law One: "An object in motion will stay in
motion and an object at rest will stay at rest unless acted upon by an external force”
Law Two: "Force equals mass times acceleration“
Law Three: "To every action there is an equal and opposite reaction.“
Also wrote Philosophiae Naturalis Principia Mathematica, the Bible of mathematics and science
What?
Born: January 4th,1643 Died: March 31st, 1727
When
Lived most of his life in England Was a student, and eventually taught at
Cambridge University
Where?
The godfather of modern mathematics and physics.
Introduced completely new ideas on how physics and math worked.
His laws and theories are still being used today, 350 years after they were created.
Why?
JOC/EFR. Sir Isaac Newton. 2000. http://www-history.mcs.st-andrews.ac.uk/Mathematicians/Newton.html (accessed February 14, 2010).
Microsoft. Isaac Newton's Life. 1998. http://www.newton.ac.uk/newtlife.html (accessed February 14, 2010).
NASA. Newton's Laws of Motion. 2009. http://www.grc.nasa.gov/WWW/K-12/airplane/newton.html (accessed February 14, 2010).
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