Close Sir Doc Knight Gallant of Science Doc   Back  1 , bereaved of spouse, 2 (A Biography in Verse) of Isaac Newton. Sir Isaac Newton - Knight Gallant of Science persona Science descried her glimmer of hope; A spark, later a blinding fireball Of genius, dispelling darkness all. Thus was born Science’s prodigy sonIn the Isaac’s eyes on his father ne’erThe rested, latter, from the world havingAnd earlier so parted; it was that Newton,To the his famous father was a childHis posthumous. mother, Hannah 1642 On a Christmas day in sleepy Woolsthorpe Sought to wed into another house; And so, to the woes ofThat a of child neglect of was two, added too. His step-father having breathed his last,From school, Isaac was summoned fast; 1653    Close Sir Isaac Newton Doc Knight Gallant of Science Doc   Back  2 6 learned. 4 7 one, 5 he then returned 1660 3 At the feet of his teacher, Euclid As also Optics Keplerian. A love of Mathematics was kindledBy in a time work on ofOf his which, time perusing, he grasped naught, As it, with mathematical “knots” wasHe fraught. then essayed Trigonometry, Found a 1663 lacuna in his Geometry; Formed his mental nurture and toils; But so was Astronomy Galilean To shoulder the burden of theA family calling, estate, for which he wasTo bare Free of Grammar taste. School The 5th of June of 1661Saw him become of Trinity 1661 Professedly for the study of Law, A pursuit, soon, from to withdraw. Philosophy Descartes’, Hobbes’ and Boyle’s    Close Sir Isaac Newton Doc Knight Gallant of Science Doc   Back  3 , , 13 8 9 , 10 repose; arrived at; 1667 11 sans of The Lucasian Chair 12 Which, the birth of Calculus being, Him propelled to fame undying. Professor Barrow Earned him a Bachelor’s with dignity.Then, descended a pall of gloom On , by plague consigned toThe doom; pestilence running its deathly course Isaac, home, labored And in a space of yearsHis two Method flat, of 1665 Fluxions In succession, with zeal he read. And come April, the following year Became he a Trinity scholar.A further year at the University 1664 So back, pronto, he went to The Elements Delved deeper into Euclidean rudiments. Wallis, Descartes and William Oughtred In Isaac discerning a bright-eyed heir,    Close Sir Isaac Newton Doc Knight Gallant of Science Doc   Back  4 , 14 to pieces crumbling. , striking a jarring note! 15 sang-froid His opponents by the number mounting, Bore he many a barb andPresently, a a sting, nervous wreck becoming,His high 1678 His genius sought to disseminate, The Lucasian tradition to perpetuate. Thus, the Chair of Barrow shorn, Isaac next came to adorn.The veil of darkness shrouding Light, Ripped Isaac with rare insight; Revealing Light in its colors true As a spectrum, for the eyeAt to the construe. threshold of years thirty,As a luminary of The Royal Society 1669 1672 On his searches into Color andPenned Light he a thesis erudite. “It is corpuscular!”, of Light heWith wrote, Huygens    Close Sir Isaac Newton Doc Knight Gallant of Science Doc   Back  5 ; 1687 16 . 1696 & 1699 19 turbulent rule, 17 he stood, staid and faithful; 18 To become, in the days subsequent, An elected member of Parliament.Illness nervous dogged his health, Weaned him from his science, hisHim wealth! intending for a lucrative stint, As Warden, and Master, of the Mint 1689 1693 His spirit masterful soon rose anew To conquer heights, scaled by few, Unveiling the laws of Gravitation, Of Linear and Uniform Circular Motion. These, and the law of conservedTo Momenta the world he gave as The Principia A work, to unify phenomena diverse, Fledgling Science, to nurture and nurse. All through King James’ The reigning empress of Britain, Anne, Forward came to honor the man; By Cambridge    Close Sir Isaac Newton Doc Knight Gallant of Science Doc   Back  6 21 ! 20 Nelliah Hariharan – A “Sir” to his Christian nameIn prefixing, the realm of Science, aA sure knight firstling! gallant Sir Isaac was, By Science, missioned for her loftyUnrelentingly cause, on the trail Of Nature’s laws, his Holy Grail 1705    Close Sir Isaac Newton Doc Knight Gallant of Science Doc   Back  7 : Réne Descartes, Thomas Hobbes and : The school in Grantham, England, where Isaac : Of Galileo Galilei and Johannes Kepler, pioneer : The name of Euclid’s work. : The little hamlet in Grantham, Lincolnshire, England, : Hannah Ayscough, Isaac Newton’s mother. : Refers to Trinity College, Cambridge, England, where Newton : The first to write a treatise on geometry. “Eu- Woolsthorpe Trinity Free Grammar School Euclid Hannah Elements, The Galilean, Keplerian Descartes, Hobbes and Boyle 3 2 1 8 7 6 5 4 Notes where Isaac Newton was born. clidean” refers to Euclid. studied. Newton first studied. astronomers. enced Newton. Robert Boyle, earlier philosophers / scientists whose works deeply influ-    Close Sir Isaac Newton Doc Knight Gallant of Science Doc   Back  8 Philosophiae , written in Latin. Considered the greatest : Earlier whose works influ- : A distinguished professorship of mathematics : The name Newton applied to his mathematical : A distinguished scientific society in England con- : Refers to Newton’s monumental work : In the poem, refers to the , Eng- : Christiaan Huygens, a contemporary of Isaac Newton who : Professor Isaac Barrow who held the Lucasian Chair prior to Principia, The Huygens Royal Society, The Lucasian Chair, The Barrow Method of Fluxions University Wallis, William Oughtred 9 16 15 14 13 12 11 10 disagreed with his Corpuscular theory of Light. land. Isaac Newton. He was also Newton’s teacher. Naturalis Principia Mathematica scientific text ever written. at the University of Cambridge. methods, the forerunner of the calculus. cerned with the perpetuation of knowledge in all fields of Natural Science. enced Newton.    Close Sir Isaac Newton Doc Knight Gallant of Science Doc   Back  9 : In the poem, refers to King James II to whose policies : In the poem, refers to the University of Cambridge, Eng- : In Christian mythology, a wide-mouthed shallow vessel, : Refers to The Royal Mint of England, concerned with the coinage Holy Grail Mint Cambridge King James 20 19 18 17 http://www-gap.dcs.st-and.ac.uk/˜history/Mathematicians/Newton.html the following web page: Except for Newton’s birth date, the facts for this poem were gleaned from of money. land. Newton was strongly opposed. the object of legendary quest for King Arthur’s knights.    Close Sir Isaac Newton Doc Knight Gallant of Science Doc   Back  10 [email protected] [email protected] Nelliah Hariharan, Ph.D Department of Biotechnology Wockhardt Research Center D-4, MIDC Chikalthana Aurangabad - 431 210 INDIA Email: 21 About the author