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Sir Isaac Newton is well known for being an English physicist, astronomer, mathematician, theologian, alchemist, government official and even held a share in a slave trading company. He was born in the small area of Woolsthorpe on Christmas Day, December 25, 1642. He died on March 20, 1727, at 84 years old. When he was younger, he attended The King's School in Grantham, there he succeed and received top rankings. After preliminary school he continued to the Trinity College, Cambridge in 1661. At college, he found interest in physics, mathematics and astronomy. When the plague hit it shut down his college for two years, but this didn't stop him, he continued his studies. However, his most familiar contributions were in the math and science …show more content…

He created the 3 laws of motion that serve the basis for universal gravitation. His 3 laws of motion are that a body remains in its state of rest unless it is compelled to change that state by a force impressed on it; that the change of motion (the change of velocity times the mass of the body) is proportional to the force impressed; that to every action there is an equal and opposite reaction. Another one of Newton’s important contribution to science is the Principia, which he published at 45, this was the first time celestial bodies follow the laws of dynamics. Newton believes that his investigation and studies in science lead him to grow in his religious beliefs and become closer to God. Newton was not only a man of science, but a man of God as well. Newton was an Arian Christian and believed the Athanasian faith, that the doctrine of the Trinity diminished. He believed Jesus Christ was the Savior of the world, but he did not believe He was God. Newton kept these heretical beliefs to himself in fear of disapproval or even persecution. Newton’s understanding of God came primarily from the Bible, which he studied for days and weeks at a time analyzing and uncovering every detail. Based on his theology studies he rejected the doctrine of the Trinity and proved that it was not supported by the

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