Isaac Newton was born prematurely, on Christmas Day, 1642, in the small English town of Woolsthorpe. His father, a farmer, died just before Isaac was born. When Isaac was three years old, his mother remarried and moved to another town. Isaac stayed on the farm in Woolsthorpe with his grandmother. After going to small country school, he was sent at the age of twelve to the Kings School in the near by town of Grantham. At …
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…to a composer, he would have to be compared to Beethoven. Well, even though he was a weirdo he figured some pretty tough problems. Isaac Newton is special because he was one of the greatest scientists and mathematicians of all time. He is best-known for his discovery of the law of universal gravitation and the laws of motion. A lot of modern science and mathematics is based on the understanding and use of his laws.