3.  British physicist and mathematician  Professor of those subjects at the University of Cambridge  Very anti-religious, strong opponent to King James II movement to turn all universities into Catholic institutions.

4.  Famous for his three Laws of Motion: Law One: "An object in motion will stay in motion and an object at rest will stay at rest unless acted upon by an external force” Law Two: "Force equals mass times acceleration“ Law Three: "To every action there is an equal and opposite reaction.“  Also wrote Philosophiae Naturalis Principia Mathematica, the Bible of mathematics and science

5.  Born: January 4 th,1643  Died: March 31 st, 1727

6.  Lived most of his life in England  Was a student, and eventually taught at Cambridge University

7.  The godfather of modern mathematics and physics.  Introduced completely new ideas on how physics and math worked.  His laws and theories are still being used today, 350 years after they were created.

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