Isaac Newton is an English scientist, historian, physicist, mathematician and alchemist. He was born into a farming family in Woolsthorpe. Newton's father died before he was born. The mother, shortly after the death of her beloved husband, remarried a priest who lived in a neighboring town and moved in with him. Isaac Newton, whose brief biography is written below, and his grandmother remained in Woolsthorpe. Some researchers explain the bilious and unsociable nature of the scientist with this mental shock.
At the age of twelve, Isaac Newton entered Grantham School, in 1661 - Trinity College of the Most Holy Trinity, Cambridge University. To earn money, the young scientist performed the duties of servants. The college math teacher was I. Barrow.
During the plague epidemic in 1665-1667, Isaac Newton was in his native village. These years were the most productive in his scientific activity. Exactlyhere he developed ideas that later led Newton to create a mirror telescope (Isaac Newton made it on his own in 1668) and to discover the law of universal gravitation. Also here he conducted experiments consisting in the decomposition of light.
In 1668, the scientist was awarded a master's degree, and a year later Barrow gave him his department (physics and mathematics). Isaac Newton, whose biography is of interest to many researchers, occupied it until 1701.
In 1671, Isaac Newton invents his second mirror telescope. It was bigger and better than the previous one. The demonstration of this telescope made a very strong impression on contemporaries. Shortly thereafter, Isaac Newton is elected a Fellow of the Royal Society. At the same time, he presented to the scientific community his research on a new theory of colors and light, which caused sharp disagreement with Robert Hooke.
Also, Isaac Newton developed the basis of mathematical analysis. This became known from the correspondence of European scientists, although the scientist himself did not publish a single entry on this matter. In 1704, the first publication on the fundamentals of analysis was published, and a complete manual appeared in 1736, posthumously.
In 1687, Isaac Newton published his huge work "Principles of Mathematical Philosophy" (shorter title - "Principles"), which became the basis of all mathematical science.
In 1965, Isaac Newton became the caretaker of the Mint. This was facilitated bythat once the scientist was interested in the transmutation of metals and alchemy. Newton supervised the recoining of all English coins. It was he who put in order the monetary business of England, which until then had been in an upset state. For this, in 1966, the scientist received the title of director of the English court for life, which at that time was highly paid. In the same year, Isaac Newton became a member of the Paris Academy of Sciences. In 1705, the great Queen Anne for the grandiose scientific works elevated him to the rank of knight.
In the last years of his life, Newton devoted a lot of time to theology, as well as biblical and ancient history. The great scientist was buried in the national English pantheon - Westminster Abbey.
