Godfrey Kneller's 1689 portrait of Isaac Newton (aged 46) | |
| Born | 4 January 1643
[OS: 25 December 1642][1] Woolsthorpe-by-Colsterworth Lincolnshire, England |
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| Died | 31 March 1727 (aged 84)
[OS: 20 March 1726][1] Kensington, Middlesex, England |
| Residence | England |
| Citizenship | English |
| Nationality | English (British from 1707) |
| Fields | Physics, mathematics, astronomy,
natural philosophy, alchemy, theology |
| Institutions | University of Cambridge
Royal Society Royal Mint |
| Alma mater | Trinity College, Cambridge |
| Academic advisors | Isaac Barrow[2]
Benjamin Pulleyn[3][4] |
| Notable students | Roger Cotes
William Whiston |
| Known for | Newtonian mechanics
Universal gravitation Calculus Optics |
| Influences | Henry More |
| Influenced | Nicolas Fatio de Duillier
John Keill |
| Religious stance | Arianism; for details see article |
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Isaac Newton (England, 1642-1727) derived mathematical laws of mechanics
that seemed perfection itself. Although superseded by Einstein's theory of General Relativity, Newton's equations are still used to calculate all but the most extreme motions. Newton also shares the credit with Leibniz for the development of calculus in mathematics.
Newtons's First Law
Every object continues in its state of rest, or of uniform motion in a straight line, unless it is compelled to change that state by forces impressed upon it.
Newton's Second Law states that an applied force, 
- Newton's Third Law states that for every action there is an equal and opposite reaction
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