...At his death on 20 March 1727,[1] Isaac Newton left papers relating to all areas of the intellectual pursuits he had followed since arriving at Trinity College, Cambridge, in the summer of 1661.[2] His friend, relative by marriage (to Newton's half-niece Catherine Barton) and successor at the Mint, John Conduitt, posted a bond for Newton's debts and claimed entitlement to this material, Newton having died intestate. The appraisers, Comyns and Ward, felt that only the papers later published as Newton's Chronology of Ancient Kingdoms Amended were fit to be published, and they valued the work at £250.[3] Between 20 and 26 May 1727, Thomas Pellet drew up an inventory listing 81 items of which he considered only five fit to be printed, namely no. 33 ('de Motu Corporum or the liber secundus, in 56 half sheets in folio');[4] no. 38 ('31 half sheets in folio being paradoxical questions concerning Athanasius');[5] no. 61 ('an imperfect mathematical tract');[6] no. 80 ('an abstract of the Chronology being 12 half sheets in folio & the Chronology being 92 half sheets in folio'),[7] and no. 81 ('40 half sheets in folio being the History of the Prophecies in 10 chapters & part of the 11th unfinished').[8] As is evident from a number of manuscripts adorned with Conduitt's notes and corrections -- for example the manuscript of 'An historical account of two notable corruptions of Scripture in a Letter to a Friend' (now New College, Oxford, Ms. 361.4) -- he took a serious scholarly interest...
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...Isaac Asimov has distinguished himself as one of the most intellectual figure of science fiction for over five decades. Asimov was capable of stimulating generations of people to criticize and question science mysteries. He is also one of the most prolific writers of science fiction or any other genre. Young writers today still immolate his writing style and ideas. Isaac Asimov was born Isaak Ozimov in Petrovichi, Russia in 1920. In 1923, when he was three years old, he immigrated to the USA and settled in Brooklyn, New York with his parents, Anna and Judah and siblings, Veronica and Stanley. None of the resources shows why the family immigrated, but they were Orthodox Jews and there was great prejudice against Orthodox Jews in Russia, which led me to believe that this is the reason for their immigration. While Isaac’s parents continued to grow in their own faith, they didn’t force their beliefs upon their children, and in later years Asimov would claim he was an Atheist. Upon arriving, his parents opened a candy shop in Brooklyn, New York where young Asimov worked and where he became interested in the science fiction magazines that were sold in his parents store. Isaac was taught to speak English and only knew a few words in Russian. While Asimov was born on January 2, 1920 he started school when he was only five years old because his parents lied and said he was born in 1919, so he could start school a year early. The reason why his parents wanted him to start school early...
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...disaster in 1900 [Larson]. In addition, well-researched essays by Henry Demarest Lloyd and Emma Goldman back up Larson’s theory that the Gilded Age was actually a very dark time for the United States. Isaac’s Storm describes the historical aspects of the national weather service, weather forecasting, and hurricane predictions. Larson gives insight into the personal tragedy of a destructive storm in September of 1900 and how it affected Galveston, Texas and its position as a major city in the United States. Teemed with devastation and arrogance, the book follows Isaac Cline who was one of the first meteorologists at a time when there really was not a true science connected to weather predictions. He showed a real aptitude in this new field and eventually found himself assigned to the weather bureau in Galveston, Texas [Larson]. At the beginning of the 20th Century, a great confidence pervaded the United States. Isaac Cline was one of the era’s new men, a scientist who believed he knew all there was to know about the motion of clouds and the behavior of storms. This type of confidence was matched with the wealth and power of industry leaders acting as robber barons and not captains of industry [Foner]. According to Larson and essayists Lloyd and Goldman, there was an imbalance between the rich and the poor and the United States felt bigger and stronger than ever before. The Galveston Hurricane of September 1900 will...
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...After Caravaggio’s Sacrifice of Isaac The bible states that in ancient times, Abraham, the father of many nations, was commanded by God to sacrifice his only son and heir, Isaac, for the lands of Moriah and to verify his love and fear for God. As Abraham is about to sacrifice his son, he was interrupted by the angel of the LORD. His willingness to give up his son was enough proof for God and Isaac would live. In the short story After Caravaggio’s Sacrifice of Isaac (written by Rachel Cusk, published in 2003) the main character, Alan, is involved in the same situation as Abraham. Gerte wants Alan to choose between his son Ian or herself. The story takes place in modern day London and the fundamental layout of the story is the narrator Alan reminiscing the instance he almost left his wife Sally for the German teacher Gerte. Alan lived a terribly ordinary life before the birth of his son, Ian. "I looked back at the life I’d lived and thought, how could you have done this and that, how could you have been so ordinary?" (line 53) His wife suffered of what can only be interpreted as a form of depression. She could not stand being near the child when it cried. It made her mad. This caused Alan to take an unpaid leave from his work to take care of his son. One day when walking Ian around London, Alan discovers an art exhibition which fascinates him in an unknown way. He attends the exhibition and finds himself very intrigued by the renaissance artwork. It makes him stop...
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...Isaac, the miracle child, born to Abraham and Sarah in their old age as a gift by God to Abraham to help to make his relatives and descendants a great nation. Three lords (thought to be the father, the son and the Holy Spirit) visited Abraham and told him in a year he would have a son. In normal circumstances, this would seem impossible because Sarah was 90 years old and Abraham was 100! Sarah (Abraham’s wife) had been eavesdropping on the lords and Abraham, and thought that they were once again teasing her by getting her hopes up with the thought of her being able to have a child of her own. God had kept his promise because Abraham had done what god had asked of him, and named the baby Isaac, meaning “he laughs. When Isaac was very young...
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...Isaac Newton was an English astrophysicist, mathematician, astronomer, theologist, and philosopher. He is known worldwide for his three laws of motion, and many other theories. His findings revolutionized the way the solar system, gravity, and light are viewed. What truly made him one of the world’s greatest scientists, however, was that in all of his studies, he recognized God as the creator of all things and the source of all knowledge and wisdom. Because of his faith in God and many scientific achievements, Isaac Newton changed the world. Isaac Newton was born on the twenty-fifth of December in 1642, in Woolsthorpe, a hamlet in a parish called Colsterworth, in Lincolnshire, England. His father, Isaac Newton, died three months before Newton’s...
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...In the year of 1643, a magnificent scientist passed on, but another was born. Isaac Newton entered this world the same year Galileo left it, and he became one of the most famous scientists of all time. (“How Isaac Newton Changed the World”, 2008, para. 7) He explored a wide range of topics and made many groundbreaking discoveries, but he is most famous for his law of gravitation. The name Isaac Newton might bring the image of an old man getting hit in the head by a falling apple, but in reality, he’s much more than that. He shaped the way we view things today, and has accomplished everything despite having an exceedingly depressing backstory. Newton was born January 4th, 1643, and nobody expected him to amount to much (or live, for that matter)....
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...Sir Isaac Newton Student’s Name Institution’s Name Sir Isaac Newton Sir Isaac Newton was born in the year 1642 on December 25th. The person who raised Sir Isaac Newton was his grandmother. His country of birth was England in Lincolnshire at Woolsthorpe, it is still in this region that he attended a free grammar school, later on in the year 1661 he joined Cambridge University. During his life in college he developed an immense interest in astronomy, physics and mathematics. He was elected in 1669 as a Lucasian Professor of Mathematics, while before in the year 1667, he had been elected as a Fellow of the Trinity College. Most of his years, he spent lecturing at the Cambridge University until the year 1696 when he moved to London (Krull & Kulikov, 2006). According to Krull and Kulikov (2006), during his college life, Newton used to write the ideas he conceived in a journal. Some of the ideas included gravity, forces and the lights diffraction. His ideas were excellent, a thing that made him to be knighted in the year 1705 by Queen Anne. His ideas had an impact that revolutionized the world and made and laid the foundation that has been adapted by modern science. He was a physicist, philosopher and mathematician. He is remembered as one of the greatest intellects of science of all time During that time, he as a firm opponent of King James 11 due to the kings interest and plans to transform universities into institutions...
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...Abstract When reading about Isaac Newton, he is presented as a physicist and mathematician. One whom through his exquisite work formulated, amongst other; the laws of motion, universal gravity, and is considered one of the founders of calculus. Although his work has been widely accepted as major stepping stones in what became known as the scientific revolution, the significance of religion in Isaac’s life can often be overshadowed by his accomplishments. This paper seeks to explore the religious views of Isaac Newton and how these views helped shape him into the legendary scientist he was to become. In order to understand the significance of Isaac Newton the Christian, we must first indulge ourselves in the times that he lived his life. His views tended to steer away from popular belief, which forced him to become very private and elusive about his faith. But, if we are to understand how a mind like Newton’s could change the course of history, we must begin with the man behind the book, and the religious views that drove him. Keywords: Newton, Christianity, Science, Heresy, Principa Isaac Newton and Religion Isaac Newton, the Christian Despite being born into an Angelistic household, Isaac Newton never seemed to be overly fond of attending church or strictly following the Angelic faith. He even went so far as to at a point question the King James Bible on, amongst other things, the “three in heaven”, as he claimed that the older Greek Bibles did not mention such a thing...
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...8th Alpha #4 Sibi and the story of Abraham and Isaac The stories of Sibi and Abraham and Isaac have quite similarities but also some differences between them. There are similar roles of characters in both of the stories. In Sibi, the king Sibi could be compared to Abraham. In both of the stories, Abraham and the king Sibi face to make such a difficult decision like offering his own son to God and giving up the dove which sought for his protection. The dove in Sibi is like Isaac, in the story of Abraham and Isaac, as it also has the same role as the offering for sacrifice but in this case not to God but to a hawk. Furthermore, the hawk and God play the role of testing the king Sibi and Abraham whether the king Sibi would give up the dove or Abraham would sacrifice his son, Isaac. At last, the both of the stories have the same literary characteristic of Deus ex machine where the angel of the Lord or Indra and the God of Fire resolve the whole conflicts of the stories. In the story of Abraham and Isaac, the angel of the Lord stops Abraham from sacrificing his son, Isaac. In addition, the angel of the Lord told Abraham about the ram which was caught by its horn in a thicket which would be sacrificed instead of Isaac. In the end of Sibi, the hawk transforms into Indra and the dove transforms into the God of Fire and congratulated the king Sibi for succeeding and beating the challenge of gods. Sibi and the story of Abraham and Isaac are very interesting stories where they both have...
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...Booten 1 Collin Booten Mrs. Mantooth Physics Honors 28 October 2015 Isaac Newton The life of Isaac Newton was remarkable. He was very well known for mathematics, his discoveries in optics, and motion. This amazing physicist was instrumental in changing the way we think about many things today. He was born on January 4, 1643, in Woolsthrope, England. He was the son of a prosperous local farmer, Isaac Newton. (Biography.com) They may have shared the same name, but sadly, Isaac Newton II did not get to share his life with his father. His father died three-months before he was born. Newton was born prematurely and wasn’t expected to survive because he was so tiny and weak. A few years later, Isaac’s mother, Hannah Newton,...
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...Isaac Newton I'm going to be honest and say I spent 3 class periods contemplating how to write out an introduction and conclusion, so this is how I decided to write it out. I honestly had minimal knowledge of Isaac Newton before this, except for his name. So here’s the information you asked for, you’re welcome. Also, that was three sentences so I met the quota for this paragraph. Using the Julian calendar, Newton's birth date is sometimes December 25, 1642, however, his official date of birth is January 4th. Isaac's father died 3 months before he was born, some additional information was that he was born premature, his mother thought he wouldn’t survive. Isaac was an only child and he lived in Woolsthorpe Manor. He was raised in the care...
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...get over life’s tragedies? Isaac Newton had to live without his grandparents when he turned three because of his mother’s decision to remarry. Newton couldn’t live with his mom because Reverend Smith would not allow Newton to live with him. Isaac Newton worked on a farm, but he desperately wanted to get an education at Cambridge as his Uncle William had. Newton worked hard, and he eventually received a full education at Cambridge. Despite the lack of educational support in Isaac Newton’s family, he was able to use his perseverance, intelligence, and ability to succeed to become one of the most famous scientists ever to live. Isaac Newton was raised by his grandparents. When he grew...
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...Isaac Newton, was one of the most famous mathematicians in history, but he was so much more. He is often known for his laws of gravitation during the 17th century. He contributed to modern day physics, optics, and mathematics. He lived a very unusual life that led him to be the man he was. “I can calculate the motion of heavenly bodies, but not the madness of people.” (“Isaac Newton Quotes”). He spent his life trying to create advances and step outside the box of basic thinking. Isaac Newton did not have a normal childhood. Isaac Newton was born on January 4, 1643, in Woolsthorpe, United Kingdom (“Facts about Isaac”). His mother wanted him to follow in his father’s footsteps by being a local farmer, but Isaac had other ideas. Isaac’s father...
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...Sir Isaac Newton, who is considered as one of the greatest fathers of modern science was born December, 25th, 1642 at Woolsthorpe, Lincolnshire, England shortly after his father Isaac Newton I had passed away. Newton faced a more troubled childhood than most of his peers. As his father died prior to his birth, he was raised by his grandmother and had a quarrelsome relationship with his step-father. Newton attended at local primary grammar institutions prior to attending Cambridge University, in 1661. Newton graduated in 1665. When Cambridge University closed for two years as an outcome of the plague, Newton returned to his birthplace, Woolsthorpe, and begun an era of deep study and in a variety of scientific areas, including astronomy, mathematics and mechanics (Westfall, 2010). In 1667 Newton returned to Cambridge to complete a Master of Arts degree. Newton developed a close relationship with Professor Isaac Barrow, who was the Lucasian chair in mathematics at Cambridge. Borrow advocated Newton's research in Mathematics, and as a result Newton was appointed mathematics professor in 1669. (Westfall, 2010). In 1696 Newton was appointed Master of the Mint, the highest position within the English Royal Mint and he departed Cambridge for London (Westfall, 2010). In his later ages Newton expended his time studying alchemy and theology. Although Newton stopped most of his scientific experiments, he was regarded as the dean of English science and was elected President of the Royal...
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