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A Short Biography of Isaac Newton

Author Name:

Isaac Newton

Born As:

Isaac Newton

Other Names:

Sir Isaac Newton FRS

Born:

4 Jan 1642

Died:

31 Mar 1727




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Mathematician theologian, historian and hymn writer                          
Selected  Works:

Method of Fluxions - 1671
Of Natures Obvious Laws & Processes in Vegetation - 1671-75  Unpublished work on alchemy
De Motu Corporum in Gyrum - 1684
Philosophiae Naturalis Principia Mathematica - 1687
Opticks - 1704
Reports as Master of the Mint - 1701-25
Arithmetica Universalis - 1707
Short Chronicle, The System of the World, Optical Lectures, The Chronology of Ancient Kingdoms, Amended and De mundi systemate were published posthumously in 1728
An Historical Account of Two Notable Corruptions of Scripture - 1754.                          
Mother Hannah Ayscough
Father                           
The famous three laws of motion:

First Law - also known as the Law of Inertia, states that an object at rest tends to stay at rest and that an object in uniform motion tends to stay in uniform motion unless acted upon by a net external force.

Second Law states that an applied force, F, on an object equals the time rate of change of its momentum, p. Mathematically, this is written as  Assuming the mass to be constant, the first term vanishes. Defining the acceleration to be  results in the famous equation  which states that the acceleration of an object is directly proportional to the magnitude of the net force acting on the object and inversely proportional to its mass. In the MKS system of measurement, mass is given in kilograms, acceleration in metres per second squared, and force in newtons named in his honour.

Third Law states that for every action there is an equal and opposite reaction.                          
At the time of Newton's birth, England had not adopted the latest papal calendar and therefore his date of birth was recorded as Christmas Day, 25 December 1642.