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Newton: Pioneer of Modern Science

Sir Isaac Newton was an English scientist and mathematician born in 1643 who made seminal contributions to the fields of physics, optics, and mathematics. He is best known for developing the laws of motion and universal gravitation. Newton attended the University of Cambridge where he eventually became a professor. In 1687, he published his seminal work Philosophiae Naturalis Principia Mathematica, which laid the foundations for classical mechanics. Newton developed calculus independently of Gottfried Leibniz and used a concept he called "fluxions" to describe instantaneous rates of change, now known as derivatives.

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Newton: Pioneer of Modern Science

Sir Isaac Newton was an English scientist and mathematician born in 1643 who made seminal contributions to the fields of physics, optics, and mathematics. He is best known for developing the laws of motion and universal gravitation. Newton attended the University of Cambridge where he eventually became a professor. In 1687, he published his seminal work Philosophiae Naturalis Principia Mathematica, which laid the foundations for classical mechanics. Newton developed calculus independently of Gottfried Leibniz and used a concept he called "fluxions" to describe instantaneous rates of change, now known as derivatives.

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Who was Newton?

• Real name : Sir Isaac Newton

• Born : January 4 1643 in Woolsthorpe, England

• Occupation : Scientist, Mathematucians, Antronomer

• Best Known : Defining the 3 laws of motion & universal gravitation

• College & Career : i. Began to attend college at University of Cambridge in 1661

ii. Spend much of his life at Cambridge becoming a professor of mathematics & a fellow of the Royal Society( a group of scientist in England)

iii. He eventually was elected to represent Cambridge University as a member of parliament

iv. Leave the college at 1665-1667 because of the Great Plague & spend these 2 years in study & isolation at his home in Woolsthorpe developing his theories on calculus,
gravity and the laws of motion
 Died : Newton was experiencing digestion problems and had to drastically change his diet and mobility. In March 1727, Newton experienced severe pain in his abdomen and blacked out, never to regain consciousness. He died the
next day, on March 31, 1727, at the age of 84.
- 1687, he published his
- A physicist and
Philosophiae Naturalis
mathematician from January
4, 1643 to March 31, 1727
Newton's Journey Principia Mathematica
(Mathematical Principles of
- developed the principles of :
Natural Philosophy), which
 modern physics, including
has been called the single
the laws of motion
most influential book on
 credited as one of the great
physics
minds of the 17th
century Scientific Revolution

- 1705, he was
knighted by
Queen Anne of
- Newton made discoveries in England, making
- Newton's first major public optics, motion and him Sir Isaac
scientific achievement was mathematics Newton
designing and constructing a - Along with mathematician
reflecting telescope in 1668 Gottfried Wilhelm von Leibniz,
He used his telescope to Newton is credited for
study optics and help prove developing essential theories
his theory of light and color of calculus
Newton's Furging Of Fluxional
• “The method of fluxions” - process of calculating the slope or
derivative of a curve or function is called differential calculus or
differentiation
• Fluxion, in mathematics, the original term for derivative (q.v.),
introduced by Isaac Newton in 1665.
 Fluxion - instantaneous rate of change at a particular point on a curve
xo

 Fluents - the changing values of x and y


 Differential of x - “moment” of x (χ ο)
 x = x + o (importantly, o is the letter, not the digit 0)
3y  4x2  9
3y  4x2  9  0
3( y  yo)  4( x  xo) 2  9  (3 y  4 x 2  9)  0
3 y  3 yo  4( x 2  2 xx0  x 2 o 2 )  9  3 y  4 x 2  9  0
EXAMPLE : 3 y  3 yo  4 x 2  8 xxo  4 x 2 o 2  9  3 y  4 x 2  9  0
3 y  4x  9
2
3 yo  8 xxo  4 x 2 o 2  0
3 yo  8 xxo  4 x 2 o  0
3 yo  8 xxo  0
3 y  8 xx  0
3 y  8 xx
y 8x

x 3

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