The Life and

Accomplishments of Sir Isaac

Newton
Physics Project
Shomik Sen
AP Physics Period 7
Early Childhood
Newton was born in Woolsthorpe Manor in Lincolnshire,
England (January 4
th
1643)
Parents
Isaac Newton (who had died)
Hannah Ayscough
Hannah leaves Newton with her mother and marries
Barnabas Smith
Newton hates both of them
Early Childhood (continued)
Newton lives with Margery and James Ayscough
Hates James
1653- Newton is reunited with his mother and has to live
with her three new children from her second marriage
1654- Newton enrolls at Kings School
Newton returns home to try to take care of the family
estate; his mother is persuaded to let his return to
Grantham School

Schooling
Newton enters Trinity College (part of
Cambridge)
Pays by becoming a subsizar and a sizar
Decides to only study mathematics and optics
Ignores all other required curriculum

Achievements
1667
Newton establishes basics of calculus
Differentiation and integration
Newton shows that white light is heterogeneous (and made up of all the different colors)
with refraction
Newton sees a falling apple and will store this image in his mind for the next two decades
Awarded MA is 1668
Builds first reflecting telescope
Shows it to Royal Society

Achievements
Newton writes On Analysis by Infinite Series
1672- Newton becomes apart of The Royal Society
Newton publishes his work on calculus and optics
(under pressure from his publisher and Barrow) in the
Philosophical Transactions
Hooke fervently rejects Newtons work and initiates a sort
of rivalry between himself and Newton


Achievements
Publishes The Mathematical Principles of
Natural Philosophy
A.k.a Principia
Contained work and theories on Gravity and
mechanics
Principia
Newtons Three Laws of Motion
Every object in a state of uniform motion tends to
remain in that state of motion unless an external
force is applied to it
Law of Inertia
Force is equal to mass multiplied by acceleration
For every action, there is an equal and opposite
reaction
Principia
Law of Universal
Gravitation
Planets orbit in
ellipses

-from http://csep10.phys.utk.edu/astr161/lect/history/newtongrav.html

Achievements
Newton becomes Master of the Mint
Attempts to stop corruption
Modification of Keplers Third Law
1701- Elected MP for Cambridge University
Retires from Lucasian Professor
1703- Hooke, his rival, dies
Newton becomes President of Royal Society
1705- Queen Anne knights Newton

Achievements
Newton publishes Opticks
Corpuscular Theory of Light
Lights travels in particles (called corpuscular)
Particles travel in straight line
Newton died on March 31
st
1727