SIR ISSAC NEWTON (1642 - 1727)
Newton was born on 25 December 1642 at Lincolnshire. He became a world famous scientist. As a child he was good at drawing and mechanical inventions. He was not much attentive at school. One day his uncle saw him lying on the grass, completely engrossed in some mathematical problem. The old man told him gently: “Go back to your studies, Issac. Either you are a great loafer or a great genius – The Lord alone knows rich.”. Newton was brought up by his grandmother. His father was dead. His mother married again. Newton did not receive any love from his parents.
Newton did his graduation from Trinity college, Cambridge in 1665. His professor was Issac Barrow, a gaint in Mathematics. He recognized the talent in Newton. Newton occupied his chair at the age of 27. in 1672 he was elected a fellow of the Royal Society. Newton published his epic work “Principia Mathematiea” in 1687.
Newton showed that the Sunlight is composed of seven colour VIBGYOR or violet, indigo, Blue, Green, Yellow, Orange and Red. These colours can be separated with the help of a prism and the mixture of these colours produces white light for which Newton made a disc.
Newton became famous by his three laws of motion. They are (1) Everybody contiues in a state of rest or uniform motion in a straight line unless acted upon by an external impressed force (2) The rate of change of momentum is proportional to the impressed force and takes place in the direction of force and (3) Action and reaction are equal and opposite. These laws were first stated by Newton in his prinipia (1687). Newton also invented calculus, a mathematical method. He wrote a book ‘optiks’ describing his studies of light.
It was in the year 1655. Newton was in his native woods Thorpe for holidays. One day he lying on the ground under an apple tree. Suddenly an apple fell to the ground. He wondered at this scene. Why the apple fell towards the ground? Why all the bodies fell toward the earth? Newton thought over the matter. He decided that it is earth’s pull. There is some force that attracts all things towards the earth. He concluded that all bodies attract each other by the same force. On the basis of the falling apple he gave his famous law of Universal gravitation which states that everybody in this universe attracts every other body with a force directly proportional to the product of their masses and inversely proportional to the square of the distance between them.
In 1689 Newton was the member of Parliament. He had represented the university. He was made the President of the Royal Society in 1703 and continued till his death. He was knighted by Queen Anne in 1705. Even at his ripe age of 85 he presided over a meeting of the Royal Society. Newton was a simple man. His scientific achievements are unique. He died on 20 march 1727 at London.
There are few stories about him.
Newton had a pet dog named diamond. One day its movement caused a burning candle to fall on manuscripts. They were burnt into ashes. Newton had prepared them for the past twenty years out of his research. Newton entered his room and found diamond sitting calm. He exclaimed; “Oh, diamond, you do not know what mischief you have done to me!”
Newton was fond of a cat. He had cut a hole in one of the walls of his house to enable the cat to enter the house. One day he saw two kittens. Newton, absent minded cut a little hole for the kittens! Was it necessary?.
Newton did his graduation from Trinity college, Cambridge in 1665. His professor was Issac Barrow, a gaint in Mathematics. He recognized the talent in Newton. Newton occupied his chair at the age of 27. in 1672 he was elected a fellow of the Royal Society. Newton published his epic work “Principia Mathematiea” in 1687.
Newton showed that the Sunlight is composed of seven colour VIBGYOR or violet, indigo, Blue, Green, Yellow, Orange and Red. These colours can be separated with the help of a prism and the mixture of these colours produces white light for which Newton made a disc.
Newton became famous by his three laws of motion. They are (1) Everybody contiues in a state of rest or uniform motion in a straight line unless acted upon by an external impressed force (2) The rate of change of momentum is proportional to the impressed force and takes place in the direction of force and (3) Action and reaction are equal and opposite. These laws were first stated by Newton in his prinipia (1687). Newton also invented calculus, a mathematical method. He wrote a book ‘optiks’ describing his studies of light.
It was in the year 1655. Newton was in his native woods Thorpe for holidays. One day he lying on the ground under an apple tree. Suddenly an apple fell to the ground. He wondered at this scene. Why the apple fell towards the ground? Why all the bodies fell toward the earth? Newton thought over the matter. He decided that it is earth’s pull. There is some force that attracts all things towards the earth. He concluded that all bodies attract each other by the same force. On the basis of the falling apple he gave his famous law of Universal gravitation which states that everybody in this universe attracts every other body with a force directly proportional to the product of their masses and inversely proportional to the square of the distance between them.
In 1689 Newton was the member of Parliament. He had represented the university. He was made the President of the Royal Society in 1703 and continued till his death. He was knighted by Queen Anne in 1705. Even at his ripe age of 85 he presided over a meeting of the Royal Society. Newton was a simple man. His scientific achievements are unique. He died on 20 march 1727 at London.
There are few stories about him.
Newton had a pet dog named diamond. One day its movement caused a burning candle to fall on manuscripts. They were burnt into ashes. Newton had prepared them for the past twenty years out of his research. Newton entered his room and found diamond sitting calm. He exclaimed; “Oh, diamond, you do not know what mischief you have done to me!”
Newton was fond of a cat. He had cut a hole in one of the walls of his house to enable the cat to enter the house. One day he saw two kittens. Newton, absent minded cut a little hole for the kittens! Was it necessary?.
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