Name: Sir Isaac Newton

Famous For: Sir Issac Newton is best known for his law on gravitation. He was a poor student at school or at running the family estate. However, he loved making mechanical toys and models of windmills.

Newton explained the theory of gravity and gravitation by inventing calculus as no other principles could explain it. The new revolution in mathematics, calculus was derived from his binomial theorem to infinite series which accurately could measure the area inside the curve or rate of change of it.

He also explained the theory on tides which occurred due to the gravitational pull from the sun, moon and earth.

He also invented the reflecting telescope. Newton’s laws can be found in different areas of mechanics, optics and chemistry.

Jobs: Chemist, Physicist, Scientist, and Inventor

Birth Date: 1643

Death Date: 1727 (age 84)

Quote: "What we know is a drop, what we do not know is an ocean."

"No great discovery was made without a bold guess."