Newton was born in 1642 (the year in which Galileo died) in Lincolnshire.1 a boy he we

Newton was born in 1642 （the year in which Galileo died) in Lincolnshire.1 a boy he we

nt to King’s School,2 his name, cut with his own hands 3 a window-sill, is still proudly shown today. 4 school he was taught Latin and grammar, and 5 few signs of his future genius. Indeed, he was considered dull until, having been kicked by a bigger boy who was 6 him in class, he 7 the fellow a good beating and set 8 work to beat him in his studies too. We are told, however, that he was very 9 minded and fond 10 making windmills and model machines. This is 11 special interest in view of his experimental skill in later years. 12 still an undergraduate he discovered the Binomial Theorem in algebra. Just after he had 13 his B.A. degree, he did some famous experiments 14 the breaking up of white light into colors, and invented a new branch of mathematics known 15 the calculus. At the age of twenty-six he became 16 professor of mathematics, a post which he 17 until he was fifty-four. During this period his greatest discoveries were 18. In 1696 he became Master of 19 Mint, and gave up his scientific 20. He was knighted by Queen Anne in 1705. In 1729, at the age of eighty-five, he died and was buried in Westminster Abbey.

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