Isaac Newton's Accomplishments

Just before Newton’s third birthday, Hannah Ayscough became promised in marriage to Barnabas Smith, a reverend from North Witham. Smith was a wealthy, 63 year old man whose wife had died the previous June; under these circumstances, he had no desire to bring Newton to live at the residence. As part of the marriage arrangements, Ayscough agreed to marry Smith if he gave a piece of land to Newton, and remodeled the Woolsthorpe manor, which he did. After the wedding, Newton was placed in the care of his maternal grandmother, Margery Ayscough; his mother left and went to live in Smith’s house in North Witham. After his mother left, Newton become isolated and lonely. His grandparents, with whom he was left, did not share a close relationship with …show more content…
By 23 years of age, Newton had a firm understanding of the scientific and mathematical discoveries that had been made over the past two centuries. During his adult years, Newton published several workings that became well known among scholars and his discoveries influenced many people around him. An accomplishment that Newton made in his adult life would be the accomplishment of discovering the laws of motion that eventually lead to explaining the elemental forces of the universe upon it. According to the website article, What did Isaac Newton do to become famous?, “The basic laws of motion discovered by Newton centuries ago still hold value for those studying physics. The laws of motion describe the relationship between an object and the forces acting upon it, and how these forces affect the motion of the object. There are three laws of motion described by Newton: an object at rest remains at rest unless acted on by an external force, or an object in motion remains in motion unless acted on by an external force; the motion of an object changes proportionally to the force applied, where force equals mass times acceleration; and when one object acts upon a second object, the second object simultaneously reacts with an equal amount of force in a direction opposite to the first …show more content…
Newton did not maintain many friendships, and the few people that Newton did befriend, he loved deeply. Having suffered the trauma of his earlier years, along with Newton’s pure engulfment in study and research, Newton was a man that spent much of his time alone. Though Newton was deeply introverted, this did not stop him from achieving anything he set his mind to do. According to the website article, SIR ISAAC NEWTON, by Dr. Robert A. Hatch, “In 1689 he was elected to represent Cambridge in Parliament, and during his stay in London he became acquainted with John Locke, the famous philosopher, and Nicolas Fatio de Duillier, a brilliant young mathematician who became an intimate friend” (Par. 12). His membership in the royal society of parliament was a great accomplishment that allowed Newton to socialize with many new and influential people. After serving his position as a representative in Parliament, Newton later received a new government position as Warden of the Royal Mint. Newton made four times the amount of what he made in parliament and no longer had to worry about finances. During Newton’s stay in London, his hard work and dedication allowed him to become a powerful, and successful person. As stated by the website article, SIR ISAAC NEWTON, by Dr. Robert A. Hatch, “After the death of Hooke in 1703, Newton was elected president of the Royal Society and was annually reelected until his

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