Newton
English physicist and mathematician who was born into a
poor farming family. Luckily for humanity, Newton was not a
good farmer, and was sent to Cambridge to study to become a
preacher. At Cambridge, Newton studied mathematics, being
especially strongly influenced by Euclid, although he was
also influenced by Baconian and Cartesian philosophies.
Newton was forced to leave Cambridge when it was closed
because of the plague, and it was during this period that
he …
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…contrast to
Newton's scientific contributions.
It is therefore no exaggeration to identify Newton as
the single most important contributor to the development of
modern science. The Latin inscription on Newton's tomb,
despite its bombastic language, is thus fully justified in
proclaiming, "Mortals! rejoice at so great an ornament to
the human race!" Alexander Pope's couplet is also apropos:
"Nature and Nature's laws lay hid in night; God said, Let
Newton be! and all was light."
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