Newton (Physics)

Date and place of birth:4 January 1643 England

Life:From the age of about twelve until he was seventeen, Newton was educated at The King's School, Grantham (where his signature can still be seen upon a library window sill). He was removed from school, and by October 1659, he was to be found at Woolsthorpe-by-Colsterworth, where his mother, widowed by now for a second time, attempted to make a farmer of him.

Discoveries:
In physics Newton described universal gravitation and the three laws of motion.
In mechanics, Newton enunciated the principles of conservation of momentum and angular momentum.
In optics, he invented the reflecting telescope and developed a theory of colour.
He also formulated an empirical law of cooling and studied the speed of sound.
In mathematics, Newton shares the credit for the development of the differential and integral calculus.

Date of death:31 March 1727