Isaac Newton was born on January 4,1643 in Woolsthrope, England. Newton was the son of a prosperous local farmer, who died three months before he was born. Newton was an only child, and his mother's name was Hannah Ayscough Newton, later on Hannah re-married Barnabas Smith and had three children. At age twelve Newton was introduced to the fascinating world of chemistry. When Newton was almost done with basic education, his mother wanted him to become a farmer. But Newton's uncle persuaded Hannah to permit for Newton to go to Cambridge. When Newton arrived at Cambridge the Scientific Revolution of the seventeenth century was in full force. During his first three years at Cambridge, Newton was taught the standard curriculum but was interested with the more advanced science. Newton graduated with any honors or distinctions, but his effort won him the title of scholar and four years of financial support for future education. In 1668, Newton designed and constructed a reflecting telescope, which was his first major public scientific achievement. In 1671, The Royal Society asked for a demonstration of the reflecting telescope. Although not everyone at The Royal Academy was enthusiastic about Newton's discoveries, among them was Robert Hooke. Hooke was one of the original members of The Royal Academy. Hooke criticized Newton's …show more content…
This law is also known as "the law of inertia". This law means that there is a natural tendency of objects to keep doing what they are doing. All objects resist changes in their state of motion. In the absence of an unbalanced force, an object in motion will maintain motion. In summary, objects just keep doing what they are doing. An example would be, if you're in a car and you get thrown forward but you have your seat belt on then the seat belt would be the unbalanced force which stops you from being thrown