Isaac Newton

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Isaac Newton

• By Kyle S, Garrett F, and Blake M

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Birth of Isaac Newton

• Isaac Newton was born on January 4, 1643.
  however, At the time of Isaac's birth, England
  hadnt adopted the Gregorian Calendar and so, his
  date of birth was recorded as Christmas Day,
  December 25 1642.

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Childhood

• When Isaac Newton was very young, his mother left
  him with his grandmother to marry a very wealthy
  old man. 8 years after the two got married, the
  wealthy old guy died and Isaac's mother came back
  to him. With her, she brought back 3 kids that
  she gave birth to.
• Isaac Newton's father died 3 months before Isaac
  was even born, so he didnt know very much about
  his father. So to sum it all up, Isaac Newton was
  mistreated when he was a child.

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Overcoming obstacles

• When Isaac Newton was a child, he didnt know
  what he wanted to be when he grew up. All of his
  family expected him to be a farmer just like them
  and his grades were mediocre. From the age of
  about twelve until he was seventeen, Isaac was
  educated at The Kings School Grantham. Isaac
  was born a very small child, so no one ever
  thought he would get a degree at Trinity College
  and become one of the greatest mathematicians of
  all time.

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School life

• Upon the death of his stepfather in 1653, Isaac
  lived in an extended family consisting of his
  mother, his grandmother, a half-brother, and two
  half-sisters. Isaac began attending the Free
  Grammar School in Grantham. This was only five
  miles from his home. Isaac wasnt getting very
  good school reports, so his mother told him to
  come back home to be a farmer which Isaac failed
  terribly at. Isaacs uncle decided that Isaac
  should prepare for entering a university and
  persuaded his mother that this was the right
  thing to do so Isaac was allowed to return to
  School in Grantham in 1660 to complete his school
  education. Isaac finally took school seriously
  and was able to get a degree at Trinity College.

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Accomplishments

• Some of the greatest accomplishments of Isaac
  Newtons life were
• The Newtons Laws of Motion which became the
  founding principle of mechanics.
• He invented the generalized binomial theorem and
  then created the infinitesimal calculus.
• And his greatest achievement was being knighted
  by the queen of England in 1705 for inventing the
  reflecting telescope.

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Inventions

• Probably some of the most important inventions
  created by Isaac Newton are
• The reflecting telescope which created a new age
  in close-up observation.
• The light prism which reflects light into a
  rainbow.
• And the complicated math formula known as
  calculus.

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Death of Isaac Newton

• Isaac Newton passed away in London England on
  March 20, 1727. He was buried in Westminster
  Abbey.
• Some say that he suffered from a severe nervous
  disorder that was caused by overwork, stress of
  controversy, or mercury poisoning.
• No matter what the cause, we will miss Isaac
  Newton who was a great tribute to the scientific
  and mathematical world.

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Interesting facts

• Isaac Newton was knighted by the queen when he
  was about 62 year of age.
• One of Newtons biggest rivals during his
  lifetime was Robert Hooke who discovered cork in
  a cell.
• One of the most interesting things about Isaac
  Newton is that he was born in the year that
  Galileo died. Isaac was 4 days old when Galileo
  died.

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Galileo

• By Kyle smith, Garrett Flatt, and Blake Moore.

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Birth of Galileo

• Galileo was born on February 15, 1564 in Pisa,
  Italy.
• Galileo was the first of six children of Vincenzo
  Galiliei, the famous lutenist and music theorist
  and Galileos mother was Giulia Ammannati. Four
  of their six children survived birth, and the
  youngest child Michelangelo, became a lutenist
  and composer.
• Galileo's full name was Galileo di Vincenzo
  Bonaiuti de' Galilei.

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Childhood

• At the age of 8, Galileos family moved to
  Florence, but he was left behind for two years.
  He then was educated in the Camaldolese Monastery
  at Vallombrosa. Even though he really wanted to
  be a priest as a young man, he enrolled for a
  medical degree at the University of Pisa at his
  father's urging. He did not complete this degree,
  but instead studied mathematics.

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School life

• When Galileo reached the age of ten, Galileo left
  Pisa to join his family in Florence. He was
  tutored by Jacopo Borghini. Once he was old
  enough to be educated in a school, his parents
  sent him to the Camaldolese Monastery at
  Vallombrosa. Galileo enjoyed his life as a hermit
  at the monastery. Galileos father didnt want
  him to join the monastery because he wanted
  Galileo to be a medical doctor. Against his
  fathers wishes, Galileo studied mathematics.
  Galileos teacher persuaded Vincenzo to allow
  Galileo to study mathematics. Galileo was a to
  get a degree in mathematics and became a teacher
  of mathematics in Florence Italy in 1585.

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Scientific Methods

• Galileo made contributions to the science of
  motion with a combination of experiment and
  mathematics.
• In order to perform experiments, Galileo had to
  set up standards of length and time, so that
  measurements made on different days could be
  compared in labs.
• Also he himself was classified as the father of
  Modern Science.

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The Spyglass

• Galileo, in 1609, made a telescope with about 3x
  magnification. He later came up with a telescope
  with a 30x magnification.
• He could see magnified, upright images on the
  earth with what he called a spyglass.
• He made quite a profit with his telescopes by
  selling them to merchants who would use them at
  sea or traded them.
• Using his spyglass, he discovered 3 moons
  orbiting Jupiter.

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Important discovery

• Galileo discovered that when you drop two objects
  off the same height at the exact same time, then
  they will hit the ground at exactly the same time
  no matter what the size or weight of the objects
  being dropped. However if one object has wind
  resistance, then the rule will be broken. He
  experimented this on the leaning tower of Pisa.

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Astronomy

• Galileo discovered that the objects orbiting
  Saturn were rings.
• Galileo also discovered the sunspots on the sun.
• Also, Galileo didnt believe that Neptune was a
  planet, he thought it was a very dim star.

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Death Of Galileo

• Galileo died on January 8, 1643 in Tuscany Italy
  using the American calendar.
• He died of fever and heart palpitations.
• He will be remembered as a the father of modern
  science and as a great physicist, mathematician,
  and astronomer.
• He will be greatly missed.

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Interesting Facts

• When Galileo was about 67 years old he was put
  under house arrest by the pope.
• In his last few years, Galileo went completely
  blind.

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Questions for you

• For each question, you will have 30 seconds to
  answer. Write your answers down on a separate
  sheet of paper.

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True or False

• Isaac Newtons grades were outstanding when he
  was a child.

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True or False

• Isaac Newton invented the light prism.

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To the nearest year, how old was Isaac Newton
when he died?

• A.82
• B.48
• C.84
• D.77

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True or false

• Galileo was the oldest child in his family.

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True or False

• Galileo invented the reflecting telescope.

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Galileo was

• A. a physicist
• B. a mathematician
• C. an astronomer
• D. all of the above
• E. none of the above

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Answer page

• 1. False
• 2. True
• 3. C
• 4. True
• 5. False
• 6. D

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Resources

• http//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isaac_Newton
• http//www.newton.ac.uk/newtlife.html
• http//galileoandeinstein.physics.virginia.edu/lec
  tures/newton.html