Newton's Laws of Motion

Sir Isaac Newton (1642 to 1727) was most famously a physicist, mathematician and astronomer, but was also an alchemist and theologian who, in later life was warden of the Royal Mint (i.e. Bank of England) He was perhaps the greatest scientist who ever lived whose theories define classical mechanics: gravitation and the three laws of motion, which were undisputed for three centuries. Newton observed that a glass prism splits white light into the many colours that form the visible spectrum and developed a theory of colour and also built the first practical reflecting telescope. He also studied the speed of sound and developed a law of cooling and in mathematics worked on differential and integral calculus (with Leibniz). Newton was educated at The King's School, Grantham then at Trinity College, Cambridge University, where he did most of his mathematics and scientific work. In later life Newton became the warden of the Royal Mint in 1696, in London. Newton invested in the South Sea Bubble early, selling and making a lot of money, but watched the value of the investment go up even more. He invested back in again only to lose most of his money when the bubble burst.