Isaac Newton Isaac Newton was one of the greatest scientists of all time. He is best known for his discovery of the law of universal gravitation and the laws of motion. Much of modern science is based on the understanding and use of his laws. Isaac Newton was born on Christmas Day, 1642, in the small English town of Woolsthorpe. His father died shortly before Isaac was born. When he was three years old, his mother …showed first 75 words of 1232 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1232 total…as well as in other ways. In 1703 he was elected president of the Royal Society, and in 1705 Queen Anne knighted him. Isaac Newton died in 1727. He was buried in Westminster Abbey, with the other great men of England. Isaac Newton was a great genius and did many things for this he will always be remembered. Works Cited- http://www.prophecycountdown.com/articles/newton.html http://top-biography.com/0016-Isaac%20Newton/ http://www.cannylink.com/historyissacnewton.html