1. SIR ISAAC NEWTONSIR ISAAC NEWTON
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2. Newton’s Laws ofNewton’s Laws of
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3. His Formative YearsHis Formative Years
• Born on December 25,
1642 (January 4,
1643) in Woolsthorpe,
Lincolnshire, England
• Raised by his
grandparents
• Pulled out of school at
14 to run the family
farm
• Wasn’t good at
farming, so they sent
him back to school
The Newton residence, circa 1689
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4. SchoolingSchooling
► Entered Trinity College atEntered Trinity College at
Cambridge University atCambridge University at
age 18 and beganage 18 and began
studying to become astudying to become a
ministerminister
► Graduated at age 23Graduated at age 23
► Returned to the farmReturned to the farm
because of the Blackbecause of the Black
DeathDeath
 He got bored and ended upHe got bored and ended up
working on the binomialworking on the binomial
theorem, light, telescopes,theorem, light, telescopes,
calculus, and theologycalculus, and theology
Newton in about 1702
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5. CalculusCalculus
► Started developing Calculus asStarted developing Calculus as
early as 1666 but never really gotearly as 1666 but never really got
around to publishing mucharound to publishing much
► In about 1668, Wilhelm LeibnizIn about 1668, Wilhelm Leibniz
began developing very similarbegan developing very similar
ideas and published them beforeideas and published them before
Newton’s published his workNewton’s published his work
► Arguing ensuedArguing ensued
► (Leibniz used dy/dx notation;(Leibniz used dy/dx notation;
Newton used ẏ)Newton used ẏ)
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6. OpticksOpticks
► Discovered that light is madeDiscovered that light is made
up of a spectrum of colorsup of a spectrum of colors
► Made the first telescope thatMade the first telescope that
used a curved mirror instead ofused a curved mirror instead of
lenseslenses
► Believed that light was madeBelieved that light was made
up of “corpuscles” rather thanup of “corpuscles” rather than
waves (Hooke and Huygenswaves (Hooke and Huygens
disagreed)disagreed)
► Didn’t publish any of this untilDidn’t publish any of this until
the after the death of Hooke inthe after the death of Hooke in
17031703
Newton in the Lab
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7. Apples and StuffApples and Stuff
► Formulated Newton’sFormulated Newton’s
LawsLaws
► Proved that the forceProved that the force
of gravity is inverselyof gravity is inversely
proportional toproportional to
distance squareddistance squared
► After conqueringAfter conquering
gravity, motion andgravity, motion and
optics, decided to workoptics, decided to work
on changing lead intoon changing lead into
goldgold
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8. His BookHis Book
►Isaac Newton got aIsaac Newton got a
book publishedbook published
called Principa.called Principa.
►Principa hasPrincipa has
Newton’s 3 laws ofNewton’s 3 laws of
motion.motion.
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9. His laws of motionHis laws of motion
►1. An object in motion will stay in motion and1. An object in motion will stay in motion and
an object at rest will stay at rest unlessan object at rest will stay at rest unless
acted upon by an unbalanced force.acted upon by an unbalanced force.
►2. Force equals mass times acceleration.2. Force equals mass times acceleration.
►3. For every action there is an equal and3. For every action there is an equal and
opposite reaction.opposite reaction.
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10. Newtonian TriviaNewtonian Trivia
► Became Master of the RoyalBecame Master of the Royal
Mint in 1699Mint in 1699
► First scientist to be knightedFirst scientist to be knighted
for his work (1708)for his work (1708)
► Elected President of the RoyalElected President of the Royal
Society every year from 1703Society every year from 1703
to 1727to 1727
► Member of Parliament (1689-Member of Parliament (1689-
1690)1690)
► Died in 1727Died in 1727
Newton in 1726
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11. ““I do not know what I may appear to theI do not know what I may appear to the
world, but to myself I seem to have beenworld, but to myself I seem to have been
only like a boy playing on the sea-shore,only like a boy playing on the sea-shore,
and diverting myself in now and then findingand diverting myself in now and then finding
a smoother pebble or a prettier shell thana smoother pebble or a prettier shell than
ordinary, whilst the great ocean of truth layordinary, whilst the great ocean of truth lay
all undiscovered before me.”all undiscovered before me.”
- Isaac Newton- Isaac Newton
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12. Newton's LegacyNewton's Legacy
► Newton's laws of motion andNewton's laws of motion and
gravity provided a basis forgravity provided a basis for
predicting a wide variety ofpredicting a wide variety of
different scientific or engineeringdifferent scientific or engineering
situations, especially the motionsituations, especially the motion
of celestial bodies.of celestial bodies.
► His calculus proved vitallyHis calculus proved vitally
important to the development ofimportant to the development of
further scientific theories.further scientific theories.
► Finally, he unified many of theFinally, he unified many of the
isolated physics facts that hadisolated physics facts that had
been discovered earlier into abeen discovered earlier into a
satisfying system of laws.satisfying system of laws.
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13. Newton’s Laws ofNewton’s Laws of
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