Did Isaac Newton face any challenges?
Isn't Isaac Newton's work a little late to be considered part of the Renaissance. He's more Age of Reason.
What challenges difficulties or problems did newton face?
Especially in the earlier part of his life, Newton was a deeply introverted character and fiercely protective of his privacy. Even in his maturity, having become rich, famous, laden with honours and internationally acclaimed as one of the world's foremost thinkers, he remained deeply insecure, given to fits of depression and outbursts of violent temper, and implacable in pursuit of anyone by whom he felt threatened. The most famous example of this is his carefully-orchestrated campaign to destroy the reputation of Gottfried Leibniz, who he believed (quite unfairly) had stolen the discovery of calculus from him. His psychological problems culminated in what would now be called a nervous breakdown in mid-1693, when, after five nights of sleeping 'not a wink', he temporarily lost all grip on reality and became convinced that his friends Locke and Pepys were conspiring against him. He later confessed to Locke that during this crisis, 'when one told me you were sickly ... I answered twere better if you were dead' (it is not clear whether Newton really did tell anyone this or merely imagined that he had). He seems, however, to have made a full recovery by the end of the year. Many post-Freudian biographers (and not only fully paid-up Freudians) trace the roots of Newton's insecurity and aggressiveness to his earliest years. His father died before he was born. When he was barely three years old, his mother remarried and moved into the home of her new husband Barnabas Smith, leaving the infant Isaac in the care of her own parents until Smith's death some seven years later, when she came back, bringing with her two daughters and a son from her second marriage. You can read more about him here: http://www.newtonproject.sussex.ac.uk/pr...
Did Isaac Newton challenge any existing ideas?
He believed so, and he didn't like it. His concept of gravity seemed to involve 'occult' (in the meaning of the word as 'hidden'), forces. That bothered him. He like a mechanical explanation for everything, and the idea of forces acting at a distance didn't fit in with his world view. He put his calculations concerning the laws of attraction between heavenly bodies in a drawer, and concerned himself with other problems for 10 or 20 years until somebody working on the same problems asked him to help with the mathematics, and he remembered he had done it all years ago, pulled out the papers and gave it to them.
What challenges did Isaac Newton face when becoming a mathematician?
Newton was born in 1643.The Great Plague of London was an outbreak during 1665 to 1666, during which Isaac Newton was 23–24.Navigating that plague was probably… y’know… challenging.
Isaac newton?
Introduction of gravity, and momentum concepts to physics. Light and motion wasn't so much of a fuss... it was gravity and confirmation of heliocentric idea that troubled the Catholic and traditional belief.
What problems did isaac newton face?
He was worried people would find out he stole his ideas from other scientists, that's why he made up that apple story.
How did Isaac Newton approach problems? How did he think?
Take a deep breath, relax, read and understand and enjoy.Unlike today, in the era of newton there was no previous strong general science prevalent. There were many theories which were spread as rumors and hardly any theory was made a standard. Yet, there was philosophy before then. Philosophy was something which was believed then to be ultimate science which told that one can in effect learn everything of the world through pure reason by thoughts.If I were to assume Newton was well educated in his time, then I can comfortably assume he had learnt philosophy.Unlike today, then the world was still a mystery and most philosophers were treated as heretics yet it was “cool”. And Renaissance.So, if he had one day after learning about philosophy and was inspired by it, then one can easily deduce that newton in effect tried to understand everything through his thoughts. It is also important to understand Newton understood the potential, greatness and maths itself unlike any other in his era.Then again thoughts are made from memories/simply thoughts are memories. If Newton had a very leisure and not many friends with a heavy interest in philosophy, one can assume he had carefully observed the nature of nature around him. These observations in effect become his thoughts and with previous information on maths+ philosophy basics he had in effect made great strides in the field of macro physics and maths.As per my theory(in my blog) Practically anyone under the same/similar circumstances would undoubtedly derive all the laws Newton did.How did he approach a problem? As per the above understanding and my knowledge on philosophy and then maths. He approached everything from mathematics point of view. Simple proportionality. Lots of observations.As I mentioned, he had a very strong basic understanding of multiplication, Division and other mathematical tools. Well if you have enjoyed your school maths class you would know.Note:it is my personal understanding, I would recommend you to read history, philosophical works and of course maths books.
Did isaac Newton face any problems that affected his behavior or the decisions that he made?
Often, there's a fine line between genius and madness. Newton wasn't mad,but he did have his eccentricities. Remember Bobby Fischer? Newton was so wrapped up in his work, he didn't have the time or inclination to socialize, to put it mildly. He was paranoid, cantankerous, anti-social and brilliant. He was also reportedly generous and kind to a niece.
What obstacles did Margaret Thatcher face?
I’m not a Thatcher fan, but…Being born into a parochial middle class family in a sleepy town in Lincolnshire ( without I would say much in the way of anything remarkable about it apart from being the birthplace of Isaac Newton ) and adored to distraction by her shop-keeper father, which adoration was apparently returned. These could certainly be obstacles. But lest this be portrayed as entirely narrow-minded and insular middle-class background then reflect that her family gave a home to a Jewish refugee and she helped fund-raise for the KinderTransport. Perhaps the certainty of her strict Methodist upbringing and the aspiration instilled by her Father’s elevation to local Mayor were helpful in overcoming obstacles. She worked hard, got to University by effort & intelligence and then became a research chemist. Which I would say for an aspiring Tory politician of the time would all be seen as obstacles to advancement. For a woman in the sixties I would say they were pretty much insurmountable. But she became Prime Minister. Made some perfectly dreadful policy decisions that ruined lives. And with the benefit of hindsight, made some very brave decisions that a lesser person would have avoided.