Sir Isaac Newton

He was an English mathematician, physicist, astronomer, theologian, and author who is

widely recognised as one of the greatest mathematicians, most influential scientists of
all time and as a key figure in the scientific revolution. Newton also made seminal
contributions to optics, and shares credit with Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz for developing
the infinitesimal calculus.

Early life
Isaac Newton was born on Christmas Day, 25 December 1642 "an hour or two after
midnight", at Woolsthorpe Manor in Woolsthorpe-by-Colsterworth, a hamlet in the
county of Lincolnshire. His father, also named Isaac Newton, had died three months
before. Newton was born prematurely. When he was three, his mother remarried and
went to live with her new husband, leaving her son in the care of his maternal
grandmother, Margery Ayscough. Newton disliked his stepfather and maintained some
enmity1 towards his mother for marrying him. He was educated at The King's School,
Grantham, which taught Latin, Greek and probably imparted 2 a significant foundation of
mathematics. His mother attempted to make him a farmer, even though he hated it.
Henry Stokes, master at The King's School, persuaded his mother to send him back to
school and he became the top-ranked student. He got his BA degree 3 at Cambridge in
August 1665, but the university was temporarily closed the reason being the Plague. In
April 1667, he returned to Cambridge and in October he was elected as a Fellow of
Trinity College4. His studies had impressed the Lucasian professor5 Isaac Barrow and in
1669 Newton succeeded him, only one year after receiving his MA 6. He was elected
a Fellow of the Royal Society (FRS)7 in 1672.

Middle years
He's made significant observations in: mathematics (e.g.: Newton's identities/ the
Girard-Newton formulae, Newton's method/ Newton-Raphson method), optics (e.g.:  the
composition of white light integrated the phenomena 8 of colours into the science of
light and laid the foundation for modern physical optics), mechanics and gravitation
(e.g.: Theory of Gravity, the calculus and the three laws of motion upon which all
mechanics is based) and classification of cubics (he found 72 out of the 78 "species"
of cubic curves and categorised into types).
 Death
Newton died in his sleep in London on 20 March 1727. His body was buried
in Westminster Abbey. After death, Newton's hair was examined and found to
contain mercury, probably resulting from his alchemical pursuits. Mercury
poisoning could explain Newton's eccentricity9 in late life.
Bibliography:
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Translation terms:
1. enmity- antipatie;
2. imparted- împărtășit;
3. BA degree- 4 year university degrees that share general education requirements.
Common courses include: english and writing, mathematics, natural science,
social science and history;
4. the Fellows of Trinity College- a select group of international community,
academic, buisness and professional leaders;
5. Lucasian Professor- the holder of a mathematic professorship, known as the
Lucasian Chair of Mathematics in the University of Cambridge; England;
6. MA- Master of Arts, university degree;

7. Fellow of the Royal Society (FRS)- an award granted by the judges of the Royal
Society of London to individuals who have made a "substantial contribution to
the improvement of natural knowledge, including mathematics, engineering
science, and medical science";
8. phenomena- fenomene;
9. eccentricity- excentricitate.