Sir Isaac Newton: British Mathematician And Philosopher

Isaac Newton was a British Mathematician and Philosopher. He published his most acclaimed book Philosophiae Naturalis Principia Mathematica. He is also credited with the discovery of the essential theories of calculus alongside with Gottfried Leibniz, he also discovered the binomial theorem among many other accomplishments. He was of being one of the greatest minds in the 17th century scientific revolution.

Isaac Newton was born on December 25, 1642 in Woolsthorpe England. His father who was also named Isaac Newton was farmer. He died three months before Isaac was born. Isaac was born premature and was a weak child. Isaac’s mother went on to remarry, leaving Isaac to live with his grandmother. Isaac hated his stepfather. From ages 12-17 Isaac went to The King’s School. He was taken out of school later on when his stepfather passed away. His mother wanted him to become a farmer but Isaac hated farming. Eventually the master at his previous school convinced his mother to let Isaac continue his education. This motivated him even

He also devoted a lot of time to alchemy. He became the master of The Royal Mint in 1699, a position that he held until the end of his life. In 1705 he became the first ever scientist to be knighted. In 1717 As a result of a report that he wrote to the treasury, It was forbidden to exchange gold guineas for more than 21 shillings, this eventually led to the britain changing their silver standard to a gold standard as it caused a silver shortage. Newton eventually moved in with his niece and her husband to spend the later years of his life. He died in his sleep in march 20, 1726 after his death his hair was examined and there were found to contain mercury possibly resulting from his persuasion of alchemy. Mercury poisoning could have been the cause of his odd behavior in the later years of his life as well as his