A World Without Mathematices
Who would have thought that a tiny baby would one day revolutionize mathematics, optics and physics? His accomplishments would lay the foundations of the modern scientific world. Isaac Newton was born on Christmas day 1642 in England. He was a premature baby and born to a poor farming family. Before Newton was born his dad died, and when he was three his mother remarried. She sent Isaac to be cared for by his grandmother. Then when he was eight years old he went to lodge with the local apothecary and became fascinated with chemicals. During his childhood he was somewhat sickly, so he didn't join the other children in games. Instead he amused himself by building mechanical toys such as wooden clocks, sundials, and mouse-powered flour mills for the apothecarist's daughter. He also read a lot and kept a journal of his observations. Later in life Newton never married nor are there any records of a female friend. It appears that the only love interest was the daughter of the......
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