Sir Isaac Newton had a large scientific community and many of his principles are still used today. Isaac Newton's life, education, and personal life all made contributions to science. Isaac Newton was born on January 4, 1643 in Woolsthorpe, England. He was the only son of a farmer. At the age of 12, Newton had been enrolled in Kings School in Gratham, a town in Lincolnshire, England. His grandfather, himself a graduate of the university, persuaded his mother to enroll him in Trinity College, Cambridge, due to his innate intellectual abilities (Sir Isaac Newton, 1). During his first three years in college he discovered that his interests were in the advanced sciences. After earning his master's degree, he became a professor at the university, teaching mathematics. He became one of the best-known scientists and mathematicians of all time. Towards the end of his life he lived in Cranbury Park, near Winchester, England (Sir Isaac Newton, 1). He died on March 31, 1727. Newton began to pursue his studies in June 1661 (Isaac Newton, 1). Its a...