牛顿介绍-英文.ppt

Sir Isaac Newton (1643-1727) One day, Newton was reading under an apple tree. Suddenly, an apple fell down. He thought, -Why the apple fell down? -Whether anything will also fall down or not? - Will the sun, the moon and stars fall down, too? After a lot of experiments, Newton finally found the Law of Gravity. Most of us know the story of Newton and the falling apple. But do you know what kind of man this great scientist was? Where he stands in the history of science?. Newton was born in1643. He grew up in the English countryside. From the very first Newton was very much interested in the mysteries of nature. One of the most difficult scientific problems of Newtons day was about the question of motion. Why did objects move?. Newton was the greatest mathematician and physicist in the world. When did Newton born? Where did Newton from? Which university did he in? * *