Isaac Newton was born on January 4 1643 in Woolsthorpe a hamlet in Lincolnshire, England. The calendar they used at his time said he was born on Christmas day but the calendars we use today say he was born on January 4 1643. He was born 3 months after his father who was also named Isaac died. When his mother got married again she left him with his grandmother.
Newton was very smart at a young age. Newton first went to school at the village schools. He was sent to The King's School, Grantham and became the top student at the school. His mother wanted him to become a farmer just like his father was but he ended up going back to school. He later went to Cambridge University at the age of 19.
Newton was very talented in mathematics. He began studying and worked on calculus. Newton did not publish his idea right away be from fear of being mocked. Newton was working on calculus for awhile and soon Leibniz published his theory in 1684. Leibniz claimed it was his theory but Newton had been working on it long before Leibniz had even begun working on the theory. Leibniz did not have the end product in his work but Newton had the end product in his notes. For reasons like that many people began to accuse Leibniz of plagiarizing.
Newton also developed Newton's identities. This was made in 1666. Newton's identities were not as important as calculus. It was still very useful though. It helped other mathematicians develop other theories, so it does contribute to math a lot. Newton did more work in mathematics. He made some contributions to the theory of finite differences. He also classified cubic plane curves.
Isaac Newton is very well known for his theory called Newton's law of motion. They are three physical laws explaining the relationship between forces acting with objects. The first law is an object in motion will remain in motion unless something stops it. The second law is force equals mass multiplied by acceleration. The third law is, to ever actions there is an equal and opposite reaction.
Newton is also well know for his theory of gravity. He was not studying gravity itself. He was instead studying if gravity has an affect on things not on earth such as the moon.
Newton's discoveries are important to math class in many ways. The first way his contributions help math class is his study of calculus. Calculus is often studied in math classes. Newton's idea developed into a common thing people learn in classes.
Another thing that helped math classes was Newton's identities. Newton's identities helped develop many other theories which helped math classes. It helped develop Galois theory, invariant theory, group theory, combinatorics. Those are studied in school so in a way Newton's identities do help math classes. He also helped math classes when he discovered a new formula for pi.
Newton was a very religious man. He spent a lot of his time trying reading the Bible. He once said "Gravity explains the motions of the planets, but it cannot explain who set the planets in motion. God governs all things and knows all that is or can be done." That shows that he did believe God is responsible for creating the earth. In Newton's life time he wrote more about religion than he did about natural science or math. Isaac Newton died in London on March 20, 1727. When Newton was dead they found massive amounts of mercury in his body.
