How Did Isaac Newton Change The World

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One of the most influential moments in history is when Sir Isaac Newton is sitting in a garden, then all of a sudden an apple hits his head. With a sudden stroke of brilliance, he wonders how it hit his head, and it’s gravity. And just by that moment that seems small, it will change the world. He was born on January 4th 1963. Sir Isaac Newton significantly changed the world by introducing his three laws of motion, was instrumental in the principles of modern science, and was a member of the Parliament.


In the years 1661 to 1665, Newton attended Trinity College of Cambridge. For most of his time there, he was a struggling student.. He started college at the age of just 12, but then the Black Death struck the whole college and he was forced to leave. For Newton, this was almost a blessing, because it brought up the 3 laws of motion, and his famous book Principia. The laws are mainly about force, action/reaction, and inertia, and it was one of the most …show more content…

He discovered mathematics and published it to everyone in the Mid 17th century. Many people argue that Newton wasn’t the only one to create Calculus, and that it might have been Gottfried Leibniz. Newton had many other inventions, such as the reflecting telescope, pet door, and universal gravitation. His gravity rule states that every particle is capable of attracting a different particle no matter what the mass.

In the late 1680’s, Newton started to teach at Trinity College in Cambridge. He taught about all of his discoveries and inventions to his students. In 1696, he ended his teaching career. While he was teaching, Newton suffered a nervous breakdown where he claimed to have gotten no sleep and lost his grip on reality. He even thought that some of his best friends were conspiring against him. Many people think he was insecure because when he was three his father died, and just a few years later his mother left him to

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