The biography of isaac newton

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Who Was Isaac Newton?

Isaac Newton was a physicist and mathematician who developed the principles of modern physics, including the laws of motion and is credited as one of the great minds of the 17th-century Scientific Revolution.

In , he published his most acclaimed work, Philosophiae Naturalis Principia Mathematica (Mathematical Principles of Natural Philosophy), which has been called the single most influential book on physics.

In , he was knighted by Queen Anne of England, making him Sir Isaac Newton.

Early Life and Family

Newton was born on January 4, , in Woolsthorpe, Lincolnshire, England.

Isaac newton parents

Using the "old" Julian calendar, Newton's birth date is sometimes displayed as December 25,

Newton was the only son of a prosperous local farmer, also named Isaac, who died three months before he was born.

A premature baby born tiny and weak, Newton was not expected to survive.

When he was 3 years old, his mother, Hannah Ayscough Newton, remarried