Isaac Newton was an English physicist, mathematician, astronomer, philosopher, alchemist and theologian. He can be seen as one of the most influential men in history, as well as one of the greatest scientists who ever lived, for all his contributions, discoveries and hard work. It has been very influential in the sciences, many are related to each other; he also made great contributions to astronomy. Isaac Newton was born on 4 January 1963 in Woolsthrope, Lincolnshire. He died on 31 March 1727 in London. At the time, England had not adopted the Georgian calendar (it didn't until 1752), so he was technically born on Christmas Day, December 25, 1642. He was born the same year that Galileo died. Newton was born prematurely, almost 15 weeks early and was so small that he was not expected to live. He didn't have a very happy childhood. From twelve to seventeen Isaac Newton was educated at King's School, Grantham. At Grantham, Newton was first introduced to chemicals, which began his fascination with the apothecary. After high school he was supposed to go back to take care of the farm and be a farmer. However, it turned out that he was a terrible farmer. It was then decided that it would be good for him to go to university, so he went to attend Cambridge University, in 1661. His plan was to go to this college to obtain a law degree. He earned his first three years of college by working as a waiter, cleaning rooms for the faculty and wealthier students, and doing odd jobs. In these years he became very interested in mathematics, optics, physics and astronomy. It was when he started reading about parallelograms and geometry that he changed his mind and earned a law degree. In his fourth year of c...... middle of paper ...... new good examples of this, one is with a bicycle. A bicycle will not move unless someone/something pushes, pulls, or guides it. But if someone is riding it and jumps off, it will still keep moving. Newton developed this theory and discovered that an object that remains stationary or moves at a constant speed in a relatively straight line is called inertia. The second law states how “a force acts on an object”. The object goes in the direction the force moves it. Example: if you pedal in the direction you are going, the bike will accelerate; if you pedal backwards, in the opposite direction you are going, the bike will slow down or stop. The third law states that “if an object is pushed or pulled, it will push or pull equally in the opposite direction”; also said that for every action there is an equal and opposite reaction.