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Sir Isaac Newton was an English mathematician

and physicist, considered one of the greatest

scientists in history. He made important

contributions to many fields of science. His

discoveries and theories laid the foundation for

much of the progress in science. Newton was one

of the inventors of a mathematics called calculus.

He also solved the mysteries of light and optics,

formulated the three laws of motion, and derived

from them the law of universal gravitation. Newton

was born on December 25, 1642, at

Woolsthorpe, near Grantham in Lincolnshire.

When he was three years old, he was put in care

of his Grandmother. He then was sent to grammar

school in Grantham. Then later he attended Trinity

College at the University of Cambridge. Newton

ignored much of the established curriculum of the

university to pursue his own interests; mathematics

and natural philosophy. Proceeding entirely on his

own, he investigated the latest......

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