Issac Newton

 

By Eli 

Issac Newton is an important person that revolutionized science forever and is somehow both underrated and overrated. 

The man, the myth, the legend Issac newton was born at 1642 and died in 1727, if you weren’t fast enough, he lived 84 years. A funny thing is, Issac was born on the exact same year the famous astronomer Galileo Galilei died. Issac newton’s mother was a doctor, so he had medical knowledge from a noticeably young age, however, I am unsure if this meant much of anything to his later life. Also, he built a sundial from scratch when he was nine. 

Enough about when he was a kid, let us talk about Issac when he was an adult! Issac figured out how and what gravity is, created calculus, and discovered the technicalities of light and colors, and in only 18 months! Issac created the book Philosophiæ Naturalis Principia Mathematica; a book about physics and philosophy, at 44 years old. Another funny thing about him is, he thought the world would end, but in a much later than you’d expect; 2060 was the date pridicted. Out of his 84 years of life, 30 of them were spent studying alchemy, which is the process of turning metals into gold. Issac thought that the wind was “unreliable,” so he made a mouse-powered windmill, and a farmer even tested it for him with corn. 

Lastly, here are just some rapid-fire facts about Issac. Albert einstein said that his achievements could've not been done without is discoveries. Just like albert, Issac newton has a special equation he made, f=ma, means mass, in kilograms, times acceleration in meters a second, is the force in the inch-pound system. In April of 1705, Issac was knighted by queen Anne, but just because they were desperate for more. 

In conclusion, Issac was and is a cool and important person that started the modern revolution 200 years before it was even a thing. Also eat apples. 

Sources: Wikipedia, young scientists from long ago, and world book.