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It is really quite astonishing how much Isaac Newton accomplished in his life considering how it started. Growing up with a rough relationship towards most of his family, he seemingly performed poorly at school. Despite this, he returned and eventually became one of the most influential men in England. After Newton was taken from school, he said, “…setting my heart on money, learning and pleasure more than Thee…” He did not want to give up and wanted to continue learning. He eventually took the initiative to teach himself mathematics to better understand other subjects. Learning the advanced math of astrology must have been no easy matter. He however continued to learn and even arrived upon alternate solutions to the methods used by the books that he was using. Newton was not content with being able to come up with answers; he wanted to come up with the best, most correct answer the best way.

Newton’s willingness to take his education to the highest level and willingness to teach himself certain things explains why some of his most revolutionary work was done when the University of Cambridge was closed. Not only is discovering the basis for calculus an amazing feat on its own, doing so under no guidance and without any assistance is even more extraordinary. One man doing so much for science in today’s society would completely change the world.

Even with all of the work that Newton did for science and mathematics he somehow found the time to study alchemy and create very in depth writings on it. His //Of Natures obvious laws & processes in vegetation ////goes into great detail about. He also was one of the first to hypothesize that white light was actually composed of every other light merged into one. This was completely different from what anybody else thought at the time and it was highly argued after he stated it. //  // Towards the end of Newton’s life, he stopped his research and academic advancement a fair bit. He took on other roles in the government and was still very beneficial to the world but his work in science slowed. He also developed a case of depression. Had Newton been able to actively pursue his love of science his entire life he would have without question been the most important scientist ever. As it is it can easily be argued that he is the most beneficial and this is without his continuation in the field into his latter life. The world would be a much different place without the work of Isaac Newton. //