Issac Newton

Issac Newton is a very famous mathematician and physicist. He was born in England in 1643. While studying at Cambridge, Issac was greatly influenced by the worksk of Rene Descartes. It wasn’t until Issac returned home that he began his journey with mathematics and physics.  
He is most famously known for his law of gravity. There is a famous story of an apple and Issac Newton. Apparently, an apple fell upon his head one day while sitting under a tree when he was younger. The story is partially true. The only falsehood is that the apple fell on his head. The apple actually fell right beside him but, storytellers throughout the centuries have mangled with the true story in order to capture viewers attentions. The law he discovered is known as the law of universal gravity or the three laws of motion.  The three laws of motion describe every object in this universe. It gave us a better understanding of gravity and the way our world works. The first law states, “every object in a state of uniform motion will remain in that state of motion unless an external force acts on it”. This means that any object that is moving will remain moving unless there is something there to stop it. For example, if a ball is rolling on the ground it will keep rolling. However, if I stop it with my foot it’ll stop moving because of that force I put on it. The second law is “force equals mass times acceleration: F=MA”. This means that the mass and acceleration determine the force. If you increase the mass than the acceleration is decreased. If the acceleration is decreased the force wouldn’t be as strong. The third law is that, “for every action there is an equal and opposite reaction”. This means that every interaction there is a pair of forces acting on the two objects. An example of this is that if an object hits water, the water will splash back up.  These three laws are considered to be some of the most influential findings in the world.  
Another thing Newton was speculated to be accounted for was calculus. He was credited to developing the concept of fluxions. Fluxions defined by Webster Dictionary is, “a function corresponding to the rate of change of a variable quantity”. There was a heated debate between mathematicians today on whether or not Newton was the true founder. There was another scientist at the time by the name of Gottfried Leibniz that was crediting to being the father of calculus. It was concluded that they both did their research independently. They are now both recognized for their contribution to calculus.  
Thanks to Newton we have a better understanding of our world and the way it works. We now know how gravity works and how motion works. We also can thank him for adding his discoveries in the world of calculus. Issac Newton was a main contributor to the mathematics we use today in school. 

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