
As with Einstein, Newton was not born into a “scientifically developed world” (taking into consideration the technological advancements at the time of Einstein’s birth). Sir Isaac Newton was born in an age where there were not much of technological advancements or scientific inventions made. The only famous personality who could have matched Newton around 200 years his life time was Galileo and of course the great Leonardo Da Vinci. The life histories of these two personalities need volumes and volumes of books without which their greatness would be cut short by our incompetent analysis. Newton was responsible for most of present day mechanical inventions which function on the basis of the principles of motion and the principles of gravity. He was the first person who questioned the rationale behind an apple falling on to the ground instead of flying into the air. If it was any one of us, we would have rather eaten the apple than research about why it fell down! It is obviously the difference between greats such as Newton and lesser mortals like us who can just stare in awe at these personalities. Newton has to his credit that he is the founder of some of the most important mathematical divisions which include differential and integral calculus!
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