Newton,+Isaac

Thinkers' Name: Write a two paragraph Mini-Biography on your assigned Thinker. Your Mini-Biography shouls include: Birth and death dates, p lace of origin, chronological facts about his/her life, and any important or groundbreaking original works.

MINI-Biography: //**Isaac Newton was born in 1642 in a manor house in Lincolnshire, England. His father had died two months before his birth. When Isaac was three his mother remarried, and Isaac remained with his grandmother. He was not interested in the family farm, so he was sent to Cambridge University to study.

He explained the workings of the universe through mathematics. He formulated laws of motion and gravitation. These laws are math formulas that explain how objects move when a force acts on them. Isaac explained three basic laws that govern the way objects move. He then described his idea, or theory, about gravity.**//

Answer the following questions: ~What events in this person’s life, from child to adulthood, shaped him or her? Isaac Newton was very interested in the discoveries of Galileo and others. Isaac thought the universe worked like a machine and that a few simple laws governed it. Like Galileo, he realized that mathematics was the way to explain and prove those laws

~ What hurdles did they overcome in order to accomplish what they did?

~ What did this person do that was the highlight of their life? Newton tied up all the loose ideas of the scientific revolution.

~ Did this person do anything that was special and affected many others? Newton discoverd the laws of gravity and the spectrum of light ,without newton discovering gravity we wouldnt be able to get on plains and fly all over the world or wouldnt be able fly to the moon.