who is sir issac Newton?

Answer 1

Isaac Newton was not a pleasant man. His relations with other academics were notorious, with most of his later life spent embroiled in heated disputes. Following publication of Principia Mathematica surely the most influential book ever written in physics—Newton had risen rapidly into public prominence. He was appointed president of the Royal Society and became the first scientist ever to be knighted.
Newton soon clashed with the Astronomer Royal, John Flamsteed, who had earlier provided Newton with much_needed data for Principia, but was now withholding information that Newton wanted. Newton would not take no for an answer: he had himself appointed to the governing body of the Royal Observatory and then tried to force immediate publication of the data. Eventually he arranged for Flamsteed's work to be seized and prepared for publication by Flamsteed's mortal enemy, Edmond Halley. But Flamsteed took the case to court and, in the nick of time, won a court order preventing distribution of the stolen work. Newton was incensed and sought his revenge by systematically deleting all references to Flamsteed in later editions of Principia.
A more serious dispute arose with the German philosopher Gottfried Leibniz. Both Leibniz and Newton had independently developed a branch of mathematics called calculus, which underlies most of modern physics. Although we now know that Newton discovered calculus years before Leibniz, he published his work much later. A major row ensued over who had been first, with scientists vigorously defending both contenders. It is remarkable, however, that most of the articles appearing in defense of Newton were originally written by his own hand—and only published in the name of friends! As the row grew, Leibniz made the mistake of appealing to the Royal Society to resolve the dispute. Newton, as president, appointed an "impartial" committee to investigate, coincidentally consisting entirely of Newton's friends! But that was not all: Newton then wrote the committee's report himself and had the Royal Society publish it, officially accusing Leibniz of plagiarism. Still unsatisfied, he then wrote an anonymous review of the report in the Royal Society's own periodical. Following the death of Leibniz, Newton is reported to have declared that he had taken great satisfaction in "breaking Leibniz's heart."
During the period of these two disputes, Newton had already left Cambridge and academe. He had been active in anti_Catholic politics at Cambridge, and later in Parliament, and was rewarded eventually with the lucrative post of Warden of the Royal Mint. Here he used his talents for deviousness and vitriol in a more socially acceptable way, successfully conducting a major campaign against counterfeiting, even sending several men to their death on the gallows.

Answer 2

Sir Isaac Newton, (4 January 1643 – 31 March 1727) [ OS: 25 December 1642 – 20 March 1727][1] was an English physicist, mathematician, astronomer, natural philosopher, and alchemist, regarded by many as the greatest figure in the history of science.[2] His treatise Philosophiae Naturalis Principia Mathematica, published in 1687, described universal gravitation and the three laws of motion, laying the groundwork for classical mechanics. By deriving Kepler's laws of planetary motion from this system, he was the first to show that the motion of objects on Earth and of celestial bodies are governed by the same set of natural laws. The unifying and predictive power of his laws was central to the scientific revolution, the advancement of heliocentrism, and the broader acceptance of the notion that rational investigation can reveal the inner workings of nature.

In mechanics, Newton also markedly enunciated the principles of conservation of momentum and angular momentum. In optics, he invented the reflecting telescope and developed a theory of colour based on the observation that a prism decomposes white light into a visible spectrum. Newton notably argued that light is composed of particles. He also formulated an empirical law of cooling, studied the speed of sound, and proposed a theory of the origin of stars. In mathematics, Newton shares the credit with Gottfried Leibniz for the development of calculus. He also demonstrated the generalized binomial theorem, developed the so-called "Newton's method" for approximating the zeroes of a function, and contributed to the study of power series.

French mathematician Joseph-Louis Lagrange often said that Newton was the greatest genius who ever lived, and once added that he was also "the most fortunate, for we cannot find more than once a system of the world to establish."[3] English poet Alexander Pope was moved by Newton's accomplishments to write the famous epitaph:
“ Nature and nature's laws lay hid in night;

God said "Let Newton be" and all was light.
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Answer 3

It would very much seem we are living in an age of literal interpretation of scripture. However, Newton was no slouch in the big brains department. It is reasonable to assume as things get more serious, people get scared: especially leaders who are hard pressed to make any decision-never mind a good one. So it follows that fearful leaders would dip into literal prophecies or other cultural and religious materials. It is kind of a drag show for the high and mighty- a form of the emperor's new cloths- ultimately common sense will prevail, but a really champion stupid idea could cause some major problems. Remember all we have to fear is fear itself: words to live by.

Answer 4

Newton was the greatest scientist that Britain, or even the world, has produced. He is famous for the binomial theorem and the differential calculus, for the Laws of Motion, the diffusion of light and for the discovering the principal of gravity.

Newton was born in Lincolnshire at Woolsthorpe Manor, now a museum in his honour. [open to the public. 23 Newton Way, Woolsthorpe-by-Colsterworth, Near Grantham, Lincolnshire NG33 5NR.] His father died when he was young, his mother remarried and he spent a neglected childhood, receiving an elementary education which leaned more towards the Classics than arithmetic.

When his stepfather died, Newton was expected to look after the family lands but his efforts were so inefficient, the family decided that there was only one suitable place for Master Isaac and that was the Varsity. Newton was therefore packed off to Trinity College, Cambridge.

At that time, mathematical theories were based on Aristotle, but Newton read more modern theories such as Descartes, Galileo and Kepler. He developed the binomial theory and worked on a new theory that would later be known as calculus. When Newton obtained his degree in 1665, the Great Plague stuck and the universities were closed. Newton now worked at home on the theories of optics and the Law of Gravitation.

It was this period that was Newton’s most productive. His experiments showed that white light is made up of colours, which can be separated using a prism and reconstituted as white light by means of a second prism. It is said that Newton discovered gravity when an apple fell from a tree onto his head and he speculated as to what natural force could be responsible. The actual apple tree later became a tourist attraction at his Lincolnshire home. A descendant of that tree now stands outside Trinity College, Cambridge.[ Trinity Street, Cambridge CB2 3RF]

When the university reopened in 1667, Newton’s work enabled him to obtain the post of Lucasian professor of mathematics. Now working on optics, he invented the reflecting telescope, which he presented to the Royal Society of which he became a fellow.

In 1696, Newton was appointed Master of the Mint and was responsible for taking in the old currency and reissuing new coins, which would be difficult to shave or to counterfeit. He presided over the prosecution of several alleged counterfeiters including the notorious Chalenor who was hanged drawn and quartered for forgery. One of Newton’s lesser-known inventions was the cat flap, which allowed his pets to move freely without disturbing his experiments.

Answer 5

He invented the Fig Newton.

Answer 6

Arguably the smartest person who ever lived, though he apparently had his quirks.

Answer 7

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isaac_Newton


Check this site out gives all his info. Also has a picture of him or a drawing and he was quit a looker!

Answer 8

~He "is" a rotting corpse in Westminster Abbey. He was something entirely different, but you didn't ask that.

Answer 9

you should be blonde.........he discovered gravity!