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Sir Isaac Newton was an english philosopher, a mathematician and was above all, mainly known as one of the most phenomenal scientists of our time. He has influenced many other scientists over the years with his work and contributions to science, and has been able to dominate with his studies. Newton was born on December 25th, 1642 in Woolsthorpe-by-Colsterworth; a setting in Lincolnshire, England. In his early years, from about the age of twelve up until seventeen he was educated at The King’s School in Grantham. The school taught Newton a remarkable amount of mathematics, and Latin and Greek language. At that time, Newton was starting to become a very intelligent young man so he became one of the most top-ranked students in his school. In June of 1661, Isaac was enrolled at Trinity College, Cambridge. The college teachings consisted of the work of Aristotle, Galileo, and many other philosophers and astronomers. Newton, later on in his studies, became even more involved with calculus and science. He was becoming a rather brilliant and studious person. By 1666, Newton studied the spectrum of colors that emit from a prism. From his work, he managed to create the refracting telescope known as the Newtonian Telescope. But, the most brightest thing he was known for was his Universal Laws of Gravitation and Newton’s Laws of Motion. So in 1687, he published Philosophiae Naturalis Principia Mathematica. In this novel, he proposed his laws of motion. Newton was interested in on how things moved, such as when we would throw a ball up into the air, it would come back down. So he put his studies into a book. Thus, forming his laws of universal gravitation. There are many other distinctive events that happened in Isaac’s lifetime, those are just a few to name but on March 31st, 1727, Newton died from failure of a kidney stone. So, in conclusion, Newton was an inventive and an imaginative scientist, philosopher and mathematician and was truly a genius.