Isaac Newton

Jake: So, Sir Isaac, how are you?

Isaac: I’m alright Jake. And just Isaac please.

Jake: Sure thing. So can I ask you a little about your life?

Isaac: Go right ahead.

Jake: Alright, so when were you born?

Isaac: Christmas day of 1647. I was born in Woolsthrope.

Jake: That’s an interesting name for a town.

Isaac: Yes it is.

Jake: So what was your childhood like?

Isaac: Well, first off, random tidbit. When I was little, Lincolnshire was the battle ground for civil wars. Just a little after I was born, my father passed away. Then when I was three, my mother married again. I was left in my grandmother’s care at that point.

Jake: Sorry to hear about your father.

Isaac: Don’t worry about it Jake. Then I was sent to King’s school in Grantham when I was 12. I stayed at Clark’s apothecary and was quite fond of his daughter actually. She ended up marrying…I never did though.

Jake: Oh…uhm…

Isaac: You don’t have to say anything. Then I was supposed to get my share of the family land, but I wasn’t a good farmer. At all. So I was never given it. But I did go to college instead. I left for Trinity College in 1661, I was 19 at the time. Then in 1665, I had achieved my bachelors degree.

Jake: Wow!

Isaac: Yes, it went quick, those years. But the first summer, a terrible illness broke out. I left the campus and returned home. During that time I invented a few things in my spare time like a new telescope, calculus, and the laws of motion.

Jake: You must be brilliant!

Isaac: Oh, why thank you Jake. I also publish a book called the Magnum Opus in 1687. But that’s about then end of my story.

Jake: Thank you for your time Isaac.