A long time ago people thought that Earth and not the Sun was at the center of our universe Now we know that only the Sun is at the center of our solar system
Young Isaac Isaac Newton was born on Christmas Day in 1642 near Grantham in Lincolnshire England He was born prematurely and was such a tiny baby that he was not expected to live Against the odds Isaac survived Sadly his father who was a farmer also named Isaac died three months before Isaac was born Isaac’s mother Hannah was now a widow with a new baby When Isaac was a very young boy his mother remarried Hannah’s new husband was a church minister named Barnabas Smith When Hannah went to live with Smith she did not take Isaac with her Instead she left him behind at the family home where his grandmother raised him Even though his mother returned home when her husband died years later Isaac never forgave her for leaving him
Isaac the Student At the age of 12 Isaac was sent to a school that accepted students based on their abilities He was a smart boy but his mother wanted him to become a farmer and run the family farm This was a bad idea for two reasons Isaac did not know how to be a farmer and he did not want to be a farmer Luckily his uncle stepped in He persuaded Hannah that Isaac should continue his education instead This is St Wulfram’s Church in the town of Grantham near where Isaac Newton was born
