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Isaac Newton was born on Christmas day in 1642, in Lincolnshire, England.
Newton attended Trinity College in 1661 and had both his Bachelor of Arts
and his Master of Arts by 1669. That same year he became the associate of
the French Academy of Sciences. He was elected to Parilment, then appointed
a warden, and finally, President of the Royal Society. Newton was a master
of science and mathematics. He discovered calculus, before Leibniz' became
popular. Perhaps Newton's most popular discovery, though, was gravity. As
the story goes, Sir Isaac Newton was resting under a tree one day in his
garden, when an apple fell from it and hit him on the head. Thus, he
discovered gravity. The earth's gravitational pull pulls objects toward it.
However, many people believe that this is only a myth created to simply
illustrate Newton's discovery.
Along with Newton's many discoveries, the three laws of motion are famous.
These include inertia, acceleration, and the idea that for......

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