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The story of Newton's childhood
Young Newton

1642 On Christmas Eve, Newton was born in a farmer's family in Walsop, Lincolnshire, England. Newton was a premature baby, weighing only 3 pounds at birth. Both the midwife and his parents are worried about whether he will survive. No one expected that this seemingly insignificant little thing would become a giant of science and live to be 85 years old.

Three months before Newton was born, his father died. His mother remarried when he was two years old. Newton was raised by his grandmother from then on. 1 1 years old, Newton returned to his mother after her husband died. Newton was sent to a public school at the age of five, and entered a middle school at the age of 12. Newton was not a child prodigy when he was a teenager. He has average qualifications and average grades, but he likes reading books, reading books that introduce various simple mechanical model making methods, and being inspired by them, he makes some strange gadgets by himself, such as windmills, wooden clocks, folding lanterns and so on. A windmill is being built near the pharmacist's house. After understanding the mechanical principle of windmill, Newton made a small windmill himself. It is not the wind that drives his windmill, but the animals. He tied the mouse to a treadmill with wheels, and then put a corn in front of the wheel, just out of the mouse's reach. The mouse wants to eat corn, so it keeps running, so the wheel keeps turning. He also made a small water clock. Every morning, small water seeds will automatically drip on his face to wake him up.

Later, forced by life, his mother asked Newton to drop out of school and farm at home. But Newton was not interested in agriculture, so he buried a book whenever he had the chance. Every time, when his mother told him to go to the market with his servant and get familiar with the business, he begged the servant to go shopping alone, while he hid behind a tree and read a book. Once, Newton's uncle became suspicious and followed Newton to the listed town. He found his nephew sprawled on the grass, absorbed in a math problem. Newton's studious spirit touched his uncle, so he persuaded his mother to let Newton return to school. Newton went back to school and drew nutrition from books. He wrote a poem called "Three Crowns", which expressed his willingness to endure pain in order to realize his ideal of devoting himself to science:

Oh, the worldly crown, I despise it, like the dust under my feet,

It is heavy, and the best is just an emptiness;

But now I'm happy to welcome the crown of thorns,

Although it hurts, the taste is mainly sweet;

I saw the crown of glory in front of me,

It is full of happiness and eternity.