Newton was born as a premature baby on December 25 in Woolsthorpe, England. He was born into a poor family that farmed. His father died before his birth, and his mother and grandmother took care of him. In 1661, Newton went to Trinity College, University of Cambridge. He studied mathematics in earnest, laying the foundation for his later discoveries. He graduated in 1665, and then returned to the family farm for the next two years.
While he was at the farm, he established the fundementals of what is now called calculus. He also worked on the law of universal gravitation and began starting to work on his three laws of motion. In 1667, Newton returned to Cambridge and became the Lucasian Professor of Mathematics. Rumors went around saying that in 1669, he became experimenting with alchemy. In 1687, when spending more than 20 years working on his developments of mathematics, Newton published a book explaining his theories on gravity and celestial motion. This book made his reputation outstanding in Europe for being one of the greatest mathematicans and scientific thinkers. He published a second book named Opticks in 1704. He later died in 1727 at the age of 84 in London on March 20.
I do not think we have scientists today like Newton because I do not think anyone would put as much thought, effort, and time like he did. This was his whole life since 16 almost. I don't think anyone has as much dedication as Newton. He worked and worked until there was no more to be solved.
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