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The city in which Isaac Newton was born.
What is Woolsthorpe, England. (History.com Staff, 2015)
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Of Newton's laws of motion, that which explains that an object at rest will remain at rest until an external force is applied.
What is Newton's First Law (inertia) (Hall, 2015)
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This action by Newton caused controversy and claims of plagiarism by mathematician Gottfried Leibniz from Germany.
What is Newton's claim to have founded the field of calculus? (History.com Staff, 2015).
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Newton's famous experience with a falling apple inspired theories related to this natural force.
What is gravity? (Westfall, 2016)
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The relative with whom Newton spent his later years, as he was never married.
Who is Newton's niece? (History.com Staff, 2015)
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The profession of Newton's father, at which Newton, himself, failed.
What is a farmer? (History.com Staff, 2015)
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Of Newton's laws, that which explains that the change in velocity of an object acted on by a force depends on the mass of the object.
What is Newton's Second Law (Hall, 2015)
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Sir Isaac Newton is known for spending much of his time working to create gold in this hobby.
What is What is Alchemy? (Iliffe & Mandelbrote)
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In 1686, the theory formulated by Newton which states that "every object in the universe attracts and is attracted to every other object."
What is the "Theory of Universal Gravitation?" (Iliffe & Mandelbrote)
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This is the man that was known as Isaac Newton's professional enemy.
Who is Robert Hooke? (Westfall, 2016)
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The university at which Newton studied a classical curriculum and later returned as a fellow.
What is Trinity College, Cambridge? (History.com Staff, 2015 and Westfall, 2016)
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Of Newton's laws, that which, famously, states that for every action there is an equal and opposite reaction.
What is Newton's Third Law (Hall, 2015).
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After his death, Newton's writings in these two other subjects were published in multiple books.
What are History and Theology? (History.com Staff, 2015).
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The work in which Newton explained that white light could be separated into a visual spectrum of colors when shown through a prism.
What is "Optics" (1704) (Weissten, 1996)
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In 1705, this English Queen knighted Isaac Newton, giving him the title "Sir" Isaac Newton.
Who is Queen Anne? (History.com Staff, 2015)
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The year that Sir Isaac Newton died in London, England.
What is 1727? (Westfall, 2016)
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This is the famous work in which Newton's three laws of motion are defined.
What is "The Principia" short for Philosophiae Naturalis Principia Mathematica or [translated] Mathematical Principles of Natural Philosophy" (Weisstein, 1996)
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The "Newton Method" is a mathematical process for finding approximations of these mathematical elements of functions.
What are zeroes or roots? (Mastin, 2010)
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In his work at the British mint, Newton contributed to this science which is concerned with the purity and properties of metals.
What is metallurgy? (Weisstein, 1996 and Bassett)
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Seven years after getting his MA from Trinity College, Newton asked and was granted permission from the Secretary of State to release him from this requirement.
What is taking Holy Orders? (Iliffe & Mandelbrote)
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The two calendars in use at the time of Newton's birth which put his birthday on separate dates--Christmas Day or January 4th.
What are the Julian (old) and Gregorian (new) calendars. (Iliffe & Mandelbrote)
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Of Newton's three laws of motion, that which can be used to explain the lift and trust in a jet engine.
What is Newton's Third Law (Hall, 2015)
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The theorem in which Newton explains that differentiation and integration are mathematical inverses of one another.
What is Newton's Fundamental Theorem of Calculus? (Mastin, 2010).
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Newton's study of chemistry was begun with and influenced by the study of this 17th century chemist.
Who was Robert Boyle? (Westfall, 2016)
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During his time in Grantham for grammar school, Newton demonstrated this skill as he built things like clocks and windmills.
What is mechanical skill? (Westfall, 2016).
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