About Sir Isaac Newton

T
he three laws of motion were
formulated by Sir Isaac Newton. Sir
Isaac Newton was one of the
greatest scientists and
mathematicians that ever lived. He was born
in England on December 25, 1643. He was
born the same year that Galileo died. He lived
for 85 years.
Isaac Newton was raised by his grandmother.
He attended Free Grammar School and then
went on to Trinity College Cambridge.
Newton worked his way through college.
While at college he became interested in

W
math, physics, and astronomy. Newton received both a bachelors and masters degree.
hile Newton was in college he was writing his ideas in a journal. Newton had new
ideas about motion, which he called his three laws of motion. He also had ideas
about gravity, the diffraction of light, and forces. Newton's ideas were so good
that Queen Anne knighted him in 1705. His accomplishments laid the foundations
for modern science and revolutionized the world. Sir Isaac Newton died in 1727.

The First Law of

An object at rest will remain at rest
Motion
unless acted on by an unbalanced
force. An object in motion continues This means that there is a natural
in motion with the same speed and
tendency of objects to keep on doing what
in the same direction unless acted
they're doing. All objects resist changes in
upon by an unbalanced force.
their state of motion. In the absence of an
This law is often called unbalanced force, an object in motion will
maintain this state of motion.

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 Acceleration is produced
when a force acts on a
mass. The greater the mass
(of the object being
accelerated) the greater the
amount of force needed (to
accelerate the object).

This law is often

called
"the law of
acceleration"
where F=ma

The Second Law of Motion

This means that heavier objects require more force to move the same distance as lighter
objects.

Illustration:

The Third Law of Motion

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 This means that for every force there is a reaction force that is equal in size, but opposite
in direction. That is to say that whenever an object pushes another object it gets pushed back in
the opposite direction equally hard.

Illustration:

Real life examples:

First Law of Motion

For every action there

is an equal and
opposite re-action.

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Second Law of Motion

The heavier the object, the larger force is needed to

make it move.

Third Law of Motion

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