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Birthdate Of Isaac Newton
Born December 25 in Woolsthorpe, north of London. -
Newton appointed Lucasian Chair of Mathematics at Trinity, a position he will hold for the next thirty-four years.
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Newton works on the mathematics of gravitation in his home in Cambridge.
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Newton presents first book of the Principia to Royal Society.
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Laws Of Motion
An object will remain at rest or moving in a straight line unless acted upon by an external force.
When force is applied to an object, it will accelerate (Force = mass x acceleration).
For every action, there is an equal and opposite reaction. -
Created Laws of Gravitation
Published Newton's Law of Gravitation. -
Death of Hooke; Newton elected President of the Royal Society.
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Second edition of the Principia published.
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Death of Issac
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Issac Newton Today:
Because of his knowledge now we know things about space and gravity that gave us the opportunity to go into space. Also, in school we are taught the laws that he created and we learn about the spectrum of colors that he figured out. Also he figured out that the moon orbits the Earth.