Isaac newton timeline5/10/2023 ![]() Look through the gallery below and see if you can spot the following This is because according to the old (Julian) form of calendar he was born on the 25th December 1642, but under the Gregorian calendar that we use today he was born on the 4th January 1643! Sometimes Newton’s year of birth is reported as 1642 and sometimes as 1643. ![]() Forces are measured in ‘Newtons’ after Newton’s work on motion.Newton was also interested in alchemy – he spent a lot of time trying to discover how to change things like lead and mercury into gold.He became Professor of Mathematics and worked at the university for over 30 years. Newton studied maths, physics and astronomy at Cambridge University.Since then other scientists have been buried there, including Charles Darwin, Ernest Rutherford, and Sir JJ Thompson. Newton was the first scientist to be buried at Westminster Abbey. ![]()
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