Isaac Newton and Physics for Kids: His Life and Ideas with 21 Activities

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made in calm weather so that he could understand more about the wind and its magnificent force Isaac's experiment showed that the force of the storm enabled him to jump one foot farther than usual His schoolmates likely doubted Isaac's find ings so he proved it by showing them where he marked and measured his leaps Considering Isaac's perilous birth it was a mira cle that he was alive to experiment at all When he was born at home on Christmas Day in 1642 the midwife who helped his mother surely thought he would die Baby Isaac was so tiny he could fit into a quart pot The household servants who went on an errand after his birth didn't bother to hurry back because they were sure he would be dead before they returned All newborns heads wobble but this little baby was so weak his caregivers made a special collar to support his head After Isaac survived those first critical days of life his mother took him to the small church in Wool sthorpe a tiny village to be baptized The ceremony as with every baptism in Woolsthorpe was recorded on the parish register Baptizd Anno Domini 1642 Isaac sonne of Isaac Hanna Newton Ian 1 Jan 1 There was no father watching as Isaac was bap tized His father also named Isaac died when his