1. Newton and Leibniz

2. Newton’s Life
Newton had a premature birth, unsure that he would survive.
He lived in the care of his grandmother, since his mother followed her second husband to London.
He was always quite brilliant
Had a scientific diary  “Waste Book”
He graduated just before all English Universities were closed to avoid spreading the plague.

3. Newton and Hooke Newton was a regular correspondent with Robert Hooke
Hooke always criticized Newton’s work, especially his work on optics. Newton simply stopped working on optics until Hooke died and then started working on it again.
1684 was the famous “coffee house meeting” between Halley, Hooke, and Wren
Principia
They talked about the possibility of force at a distance including the inverse square law. Halley then later drove to Cambridge to talk to Newton and Newton said that he had already proved this. He could not find it in his notes, so he did a brand new proof for it in just a few days. This is how Halley figured out how brilliant Newton was and requested he published it.

4. Success and Fame
After the Glorious Revolution in 1688, Newton was elected to Parliament representing Cambridge
As Wardon of the Mint in London and over saw the re-coining of English currency
As Master of the Mint, he changed the silver standard to the gold standard
After Hooke dies, Newton became President of the Royal Society
Then Newton was Knighted, only the second English scientist to receive that honor.
Right after that, Leibniz became big and people started looking into his work
After Newton died, he was buried in a place set aside only for Royalty.