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# What did Isaac Newton discover?

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Isaac Newton made many discoveries in multiple fields of science, including the discoveries of gravitational force and the three universal laws of motion. Although it is not accurate, Newton is often said to have discovered gravity when an apple fell on his head from a tree.

On top of his scientific contributions, Newton also worked in mathematics. He is largely responsible for the binomial theorem and calculus. His work in general has served as the foundation for centuries of scientific and technological advancement. Newton was an English scholar who lived in the later part of the 17th century. He was born in 1642 and died in 1726.

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Isaac Newton was a physicist, an astronomer, a mathematician and a natural philosopher who lived in England during the 17th and 18th centuries. Today, many scientists consider him to be one of the most influential scientists in history.

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Sir Isaac Newton studied at King's School, Cambridge and Trinity College. Immediately following his Master of Arts degree from Trinity, he wrote on a manuscript with the British mathematician John Collins, who claimed that young Newton was an "extraordinary genius."

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Sir Isaac Newton had one younger half-brother and two younger half-sisters. His father died before Newton was born, and his mother remarried when he was two years old.