Sir Isaac Newton was born on December 25, 1642 (according to the Julian calendar which was in use then; the date was January 4, 1643, according to the GRegorian calendar in use today0, at Woolsthorpe near Grantham in Lincolnshire. His widowed mother remarried when he was three years old, leaving him in the care of his feeble grandmother. Eventually his mother was persuaded to send him to grammar school in Grantham. Later, in the summer of 1661, he was sent …showed first 75 words of 294 total…

…showed last 75 words of 294 total…his time. NEwton also solved the mysteries of light and optics, formulatted the three laws of motion, and derived from them the law of universal gravitation. Isaac Newton is conclusively a very imprtant person to science today. His many discoveries and theories were the building blocks of much science. Imagine if that apple had'nt fallen on his head. Bibliography 'Microsoft Encarta 99 Interactive Encyclopedia' 'Isaac NEwton: The Greatest Scientist of All Time' by Margaret Jean Anderson