Isaac+Newton

=Isaac Newton=

Isaac Newton (1642-1727) was an English physicist, mathematician and astronomer. He also had many other interests and contributions to science and culture. He attended and taught at Cambridge University and was laid to rest at Westminster Abbey, alongside Kings and Queens of England!

Many modern concepts and things bear his name:
 * Newtonian Physics (laws of motion)
 * Newton (a unit of force)
 * Newton Telescope (a reflecting telescope vs. Galileo's refracting model)
 * Apple's Newton - an early electronic personal organizer (PDA) from Apple

My connection to him is through mathematics, he developed calculus (at the same time as Leibniz, so he doesn't get full credit). His method for finding the roots of a polynomial is called "Newton's Method" and is used in electronic calculators today.

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