1642 Christmas, isaac newton was born in a farmer's family in Walsop, Lincolnshire, England. Newton was a premature baby and was very thin at birth. "He can even put it in a 1 quart (American weight unit is about 0.946 liters) kettle." Newton, who was born weak, once worried his family. No one expected that the child would grow very healthy and live to the same age as Mencius in ancient China, 84 years old. Newton was a widow. His father died three months before he was born. When he 18 months old, his mother remarried to a rich priest and moved to live near Witham, leaving Newton, who was less than two years old, to be raised by his grandmother.
Newton, who was abandoned by his mother when he was a child, was very withdrawn. It is said that when he was a child, he threatened to burn his stepfather and mother and burn down their house completely. Newton, who grew up, was sensitive and introverted, taciturn, irritable and irritable, and was a difficult person to get along with.
/kloc-at the age of 0/2, Newton entered Grantham Middle School not far from home. When he was young, he was not as talented as most scientists when he was young, but his qualifications were average and unremarkable. Then something happened, which became a turning point in his life. One day, a classmate who despised Newton very much threatened and provoked him with his fist. Young Newton was angry for a moment, rose up and rebelled, and beat his powerful opponent out of the water. Then Newton made up his mind to overwhelm the pretentious guy in his studies. Since then, he has devoted all his energy to his studies, and his grades have been rising steadily. Just when he discovered the joy of learning, Newton became interested in science. It is said that he also made his own wooden clocks and lamps that can fly in the air.
/kloc-at the age of 0/9, Newton entered Trinity College of Cambridge University as a student with reduced tuition fees under the recommendation of his teacher. From the first day he entered the university, Newton put aside his lessons and buried himself in his own research. As a result, all the classes were abandoned and almost none of the exams passed. This made his teacher very angry, but Newton had groped his way to the forefront of science. Even the innovative mathematics and scientific theory of Descartes, a French scientist who has just spread to Britain, Newton has long been aware of this and even started a deeper exploration.
/kloc-in the summer of 0/665, an unprecedented plague swept through London, and Newton was forced to drop out of school and return to China, where he spent two years training. This short time became the golden age of Newton's scientific career. During this period, Newton engaged in scientific research with exuberant energy. His epoch-making achievements: the three laws of gravity and motion, calculus and optical analysis all began to take shape at this time. It can be said that Newton at this time has begun to describe the blueprint of his life's major scientific creation.
1667 Shortly after Easter, Newton returned to Cambridge University and obtained his master's degree in March of the following year. 1669 10 Newton, who was only 26 years old, was promoted to professor of mathematics and served as professor of Lucas. Although Newton had unprecedented scientific research achievements, he never made them public. Only when he is challenged by other scientists, or before he publishes similar theories, will he publish his theories to the public.
Low-key scientific research attitude is Newton's noble, but sometimes it will bring him trouble. German mathematician Leibniz also published his own independent research in the thirty years of delaying the publication of calculus. As a result, the debate about who is the founder of calculus has caused an uproar in the mathematical field, and there has been a fierce quarrel between the two. Finally, the Royal Academy of Sciences had to step in. After Newton published the law of universal gravitation and the three laws of motion in 1684, similar events happened again. Robert hooke, the opponent of this debate, claimed that he had put forward the inverse square law and solved the problem of celestial motion. He is right, but due to the limitation of his own mathematical level, he can't explain the mechanism, and finally lost the opportunity to compete.
In these arguments, Newton finally learned his lesson. From 65438 to 0686, he summarized his research achievements in mechanics and wrote the famous book Mathematical Principles of Natural Philosophy, which is of epoch-making significance in the history of scientific development. After the book was published the following year, Newton became a well-known scientific superstar, and many young researchers gathered around him, including a young Swiss lady, Fatio de Diller. It is said that Newton fell in love with this talented Fatio, so that after she left London for home three years later, Newton was distracted for a long time and could not concentrate on his work.
Newton is not only a master of classical mechanical theory, but also the founder of modern optics. He discovered the dispersion of light and improved the astronomical telescope. The newly improved "Newton" telescope not only improves the performance several times, but also effectively avoids the dispersion problem.
In his later years, Newton lost his way in the face of unexplained problems, so he began to devote himself to theological research, and finally blamed the inexplicable celestial movement on "the first driving force of God". Since then, Newton has never made any new achievements. 1727 On March 20th, isaac newton died and his body was placed in Westminster Abbey in London, England. People held a grand funeral for him like a king deeply loved by the people to commemorate his great contribution to science.