1. By Eric Carson
HIS 102
Mrs. Hoffman

2.  An accomplished
mathematician, physicist and
one of the leaders of the
Scientific Revolution
 Born January 4th, 1643
 Died March 31st, 1727
 Born in Woolsthrope, England
 Known for his studies of
Gravity, Optics, and Calculus

3.  At nineteen, with help from
his uncle, Newton gained
acceptance to the Trinity
College of Cambridge
 While there he paid his
tuition by waiting tables at a
local pub and doing other
odd jobs for the school
 During his period at
Cambridge Newton studied
Optics, and it was his work
with Optics that eventually
allowed him to be accepted
into the Royal Society

4.  As the Plague came to Cambridge
the school was shut down for a
short period of time
 It was during this time that
Newton would soon develop his
ideas of Gravity
 The story goes that Newton was
sitting under an apple tree in the
country, and as he sat there he
noticed an apple fall from its
branch
 And he had to ask “But why? Why
does the apple not just fall up?”

5.  After watching the apple
fall Newton went straight
to work on his theory
 Newton was able to use
an equation he created to
determine the actual
force needed to hold the
moon in place
 He would eventually
develop his Three Laws of
Motion from this

6.  Newton’s first Law States
that
 “An object at rest stays
at rest unless acted
upon by another force”
 He built this concept off
Galileo’s concept of
Inertia
 This example can be seen
in things such as planes
taking off or throwing a
baseball
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7.  Newton’s Second Law states that
 “That there is a relationship
between an objects mass and it’s
force. This is calculated by the
equation F=ma.”
 F=ma is broken down as ‘F’ is
Force, ‘m’ is the mass of an
object and ‘a’ is the acceleration
the object is under
 In modern day this has allowed to
be able to calculate different
dynamics such as the force of car
crashes and the destructive
power of bombs

8.  Newton’s last law states
that
 “For every action there is
an equal of opposite
reaction.”
 This means that for
everything that we do
there is always some kind
of reaction
 You can see this in things
such as firing a gun and a
space ship launching
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9.  Newton would eventually publish
his works, but he would waited
over twenty years before he
actually did
 The reason behind this is because
Newton was very sensitive to
criticism, and due to the very
religious atmosphere of the time
he decided to wait
 And of course we all know the
result, because for over 300 years
Newton has been known as the
Father of Gravity

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