ISAAC NEWTON: THE APPLE FALLS

UP?1661-1666

By Eric Carson

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A BRIEF HISTORY OF GENIUS

An accomplished mathematician, physicist and one of the leaders of the Scientific Revolution

Born January 4th, 1643 Died March 31st, 1727 Born in Woolsthrope, England Known for his studies of

Gravity, Optics, and Calculus

OFF TO COLLEGE: TRINITY COLLEGE OF CAMBRIDGE 1661 TO 1665

At nineteen, with help from his uncle, Newton gained acceptance to the Trinity College of Cambridge

While there he paid his tuition by waiting tables at a local pub and doing other odd jobs for the school

During his period at Cambridge Newton studied Optics, and it was his work with Optics that eventually allowed him to be accepted into the Royal Society

AN APPLE FALLS AND INSPIRATION STRIKES:1666

As the Plague came to Cambridge the school was shut down for a short period of time

It was during this time that Newton would soon develop his ideas of Gravity

The story goes that Newton was sitting under an apple tree in the country, and as he sat there he noticed an apple fall from its branch

And he had to ask “But why? Why does the apple not just fall up?”

THE NEWTONIAN LAWS OF GRAVITY

After watching the apple fall Newton went straight to work on his theory

Newton was able to use an equation he created to determine the actual force needed to hold the moon in place

He would eventually develop his Three Laws of Motion from this

NEWTON'S FIRST LAW OF MOTION:

ENOUGH REST TIME FOR SCIENCE

Newton’s first Law States that “An object at rest stays

at rest unless acted upon by another force”

He built this concept off Galileo’s concept of Inertia

This example can be seen in things such as planes taking off or throwing a baseball

OMG!

NEWTON’S SECOND LAW OF MOTION:

POWER IN NUMBERS

Newton’s Second Law states that “That there is a relationship between

an objects mass and it’s force. This is calculated by the equation F=ma.”

F=ma is broken down as ‘F’ is Force, ‘m’ is the mass of an object and ‘a’ is the acceleration the object is under

In modern day this has allowed to be able to calculate different dynamics such as the force of car crashes and the destructive power of bombs

NEWTON’S THIRD AND FINAL LAW OF MOTION:

DON’T DISH IT IF YA CAN’T TAKE IT

Newton’s last law states that “For every action there is an

equal of opposite reaction.” This means that for

everything that we do there is always some kind of reaction

You can see this in things such as firing a gun and a space ship launching

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PRINCIPA: THE STUDY OF GRAVITYPUBLISHED 1687

Newton would eventually publish his works, but he would waited over twenty years before he actually did

The reason behind this is because Newton was very sensitive to criticism, and due to the very religious atmosphere of the time he decided to wait

And of course we all know the result, because for over 300 years Newton has been known as the Father of Gravity

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