Isaac Newton was born on Christmas Day in 1642 on a small farm in Woolsthorpe,

England. His father, a farmer, passed away a few months before his birth. Newton's mother

remarried in 1645 and left young Isaac with his grandmother. After attending many local

schools, Newton was sent to a grammar school at age twelve. He displayed an interest in

mechanical contrivances. He made kites, water-clocks, sun-dials, and windmills.

After the death of her second husband in 1656, Newton's mother returned home and

removed her eldest son, Isaac, from school so that her might be prepared to manage the farm.

It was soon obvious that Newton's interests were not in farming, and with the advice of his uncle

he was sent to Trinity College in Cambridge. Isaac became more of a professor than a student as

ics and mechanics. After several of Newton's readings, his teacher,

In 1665, the Great Plague swept through London and college was dismissed. Newton

worked on for six months or longer. He was occupied with many various things and faced with

more "distasteful" mathematical controversies. Some of these controversies regarded astronomy

and mathematicians came to England to make Newton of their personal acquaintance.

When Trinity College re-opened in 1667, Newton was elected to the Royal Society. In

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