https://padlet.com/sahanadheman/ltl8r77eqn3uyomj "We build too many walls and not enough bridges"- Issac Newton en-us 2020-09-30 06:37:52 UTC 2020-09-30 10:18:51 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet-uploads.storage.googleapis.com/666769804/000adceeff788d19b6f668a02ac0cb48/images_issac_newton.jpeg sahanadheman https://padlet.com/sahanadheman/ltl8r77eqn3uyomj/wish/790414773 Isaac Newton was born on Christmas Day in 1642 in Woolsthorpe, Lincolnshire, England, about 100 miles north of London. He was very weak at birth and wasn't expected to live.]]> 2020-09-30 06:50:28 UTC https://padlet.com/sahanadheman/ltl8r77eqn3uyomj/wish/790414773 sahanadheman https://padlet.com/sahanadheman/ltl8r77eqn3uyomj/wish/790424843 At the age of 5, Newton went to the village school. About six years later he was sent to Grantham, a town seven miles away, to attend King's School. At first he did poorly, but after beating up a bully, he pushed himself to the head of the class.]]> 2020-09-30 06:56:15 UTC https://padlet.com/sahanadheman/ltl8r77eqn3uyomj/wish/790424843 sahanadheman https://padlet.com/sahanadheman/ltl8r77eqn3uyomj/wish/790425569 When Newton was 16, his mother brought him home from King's School to learn to be a farmer. Newton wanted to study instead, and he was eventually sent back to prepare for college. He enrolled at Trinity College at Cambridge in 1661.]]> 2020-09-30 06:56:40 UTC https://padlet.com/sahanadheman/ltl8r77eqn3uyomj/wish/790425569 sahanadheman https://padlet.com/sahanadheman/ltl8r77eqn3uyomj/wish/790425912 While at Cambridge, Newton divided a notebook into 45 sections so he could make notes of things he wanted to know about. He was so involved in studying that he sometimes forgot to eat. In 1665 he received his bachelor's of arts degree.]]> 2020-09-30 06:56:52 UTC https://padlet.com/sahanadheman/ltl8r77eqn3uyomj/wish/790425912 sahanadheman https://padlet.com/sahanadheman/ltl8r77eqn3uyomj/wish/790426446 2020-09-30 06:57:12 UTC https://padlet.com/sahanadheman/ltl8r77eqn3uyomj/wish/790426446 sahanadheman https://padlet.com/sahanadheman/ltl8r77eqn3uyomj/wish/790426816 Cambridge reopened in 1667, and Newton returned to study for his master of arts degree. He was given a fellowship, a special award where he was paid to study. In 1669 he was made a professor of mathematics.]]> 2020-09-30 06:57:24 UTC https://padlet.com/sahanadheman/ltl8r77eqn3uyomj/wish/790426816 sahanadheman https://padlet.com/sahanadheman/ltl8r77eqn3uyomj/wish/790427190 2020-09-30 06:57:36 UTC https://padlet.com/sahanadheman/ltl8r77eqn3uyomj/wish/790427190 sahanadheman https://padlet.com/sahanadheman/ltl8r77eqn3uyomj/wish/790427622 Newton builded an improved version of the reflecting telescope. His friend, Dr. Barrow, took it to the Royal Society of London, the country's most famous scientific society. The members were so impressed that they invited Newton to join.]]> 2020-09-30 06:57:50 UTC https://padlet.com/sahanadheman/ltl8r77eqn3uyomj/wish/790427622 sahanadheman https://padlet.com/sahanadheman/ltl8r77eqn3uyomj/wish/790427894 2020-09-30 06:57:59 UTC https://padlet.com/sahanadheman/ltl8r77eqn3uyomj/wish/790427894 sahanadheman https://padlet.com/sahanadheman/ltl8r77eqn3uyomj/wish/790428207 2020-09-30 06:58:08 UTC https://padlet.com/sahanadheman/ltl8r77eqn3uyomj/wish/790428207 sahanadheman https://padlet.com/sahanadheman/ltl8r77eqn3uyomj/wish/790428443 In 1689 Newton ran for Parliament and won a seat. He served for one year.]]> 2020-09-30 06:58:16 UTC https://padlet.com/sahanadheman/ltl8r77eqn3uyomj/wish/790428443 sahanadheman https://padlet.com/sahanadheman/ltl8r77eqn3uyomj/wish/790428908 Around 1693 Newton's health began to fail and his mind seemed to wander. Some thought he was having a breakdown. Some thought  that he may have been experiencing mercury poisoning from some of his experiments. He was completely well by 1696.]]> 2020-09-30 06:58:30 UTC https://padlet.com/sahanadheman/ltl8r77eqn3uyomj/wish/790428908 sahanadheman https://padlet.com/sahanadheman/ltl8r77eqn3uyomj/wish/790429265 Newton was given the job of Warden of the Mint in 1696. He helped recall all of the old British coins so they could be replaced with new ones. ]]> 2020-09-30 06:58:43 UTC https://padlet.com/sahanadheman/ltl8r77eqn3uyomj/wish/790429265 sahanadheman https://padlet.com/sahanadheman/ltl8r77eqn3uyomj/wish/790429606 2020-09-30 06:58:56 UTC https://padlet.com/sahanadheman/ltl8r77eqn3uyomj/wish/790429606 sahanadheman https://padlet.com/sahanadheman/ltl8r77eqn3uyomj/wish/790429919 In 1703 Newton was elected the president of the Royal Society of London. He published his writings on his early experiments with light in a book called Opticks.]]> 2020-09-30 06:59:06 UTC https://padlet.com/sahanadheman/ltl8r77eqn3uyomj/wish/790429919 sahanadheman https://padlet.com/sahanadheman/ltl8r77eqn3uyomj/wish/790430165 2020-09-30 06:59:15 UTC https://padlet.com/sahanadheman/ltl8r77eqn3uyomj/wish/790430165 sahanadheman https://padlet.com/sahanadheman/ltl8r77eqn3uyomj/wish/790430503 In 1705 Newton received the highest honour in the land. He becomes the first British scientist to be knighted. He was then known as "Sir Isaac Newton."]]> 2020-09-30 06:59:25 UTC https://padlet.com/sahanadheman/ltl8r77eqn3uyomj/wish/790430503 sahanadheman https://padlet.com/sahanadheman/ltl8r77eqn3uyomj/wish/790430907 On March 20, 1727, Sir Isaac Newton died at the age of 84. He was buried at the famous Westminster Abbey. Sir Isaac Newton will be remembered as a brilliant man whose work in math and science continues to influence the world today.]]> 2020-09-30 06:59:39 UTC https://padlet.com/sahanadheman/ltl8r77eqn3uyomj/wish/790430907