Isaac Newton's Accomplishments

Isaac Newton is a renowned physicist who made a big impact in world of the scientific method, mathematics, and even optics. One of his greatest achievements was the creation of calculus. This paper will give insight into things that not many people, including myself, know before researching Newton. This includes his personality and how it affected the publication of his research, his career as a Lucasian professor, his fascination with alchemy, and Newton’s mental illness in his later years.
January 4, 1643 a brilliant mind named Isaac Newton was born. His mother would say that baby Newton was small enough to fit into a quart pot since he was born prematurely. His father was a yeoman (a man holding and cultivating a small landed estate)
He achieved his BA in 1665 after being elected scholar in 1664. Newton later returned to Trinity in order to obtain his Masters of Arts. He was challenged with the fellowship elections which gave him two possible paths to take in his future. If he passed, he would obtain unlimited access to Trinity; if he failed, he would be forced to become a farmer or a pastor in a church. I’m sure it’s safe to say one can assume that he passed the test having known the brilliance that Isaac Newton has shared with the world. It would be quite interesting though, hearing of the famous farmer or pastor known as Isaac Newton. To much of his satisfaction, Newton did indeed pass the fellowship exam on October 1, alongside his companion John Wickins. Newton didn’t have to worry about being barred from his calling in academia as he now had lifelong access to the community of
When someone imagines Alchemy, they think of cauldrons with weird items inside and is often seen as weird in the scientific community. People definitely don’t get an image of Isaac Newton in their minds despite the fact that he had a great interest in alchemy throughout his life. His interest seem to be like a fiery passion to others. Newton, so intent on his work hired an assistant by the name of Humphrey Newton to help him with his work. Humphrey explained that Newton would often go without food or sleep for many hours until he finished his chymicall experiments. Isaac Newton’s fanaticism with alchemy was not in hopes of getting rich, but to find out everything he could about matter. As time progressed, his focus began to expand to include the “microcosm (The smallest worlds of invisible matter through which all things in nature are formed, grow, decay, and eventually return to their basic elements).” Newton’s objectives were truly to understand light, the effects of gravity and magnetism, and how the theoretical ether of his experiments induce changes in the body in which it resides