His mother wanted him to become a farmer. He estimated that the world would end no earlier than 2060.ġ5. He also studied the Bible intensely in search of hidden messages and secrets about how the world works.ġ4. Newton was a very religious man and he recorded all of his thoughts and confessions (sins) in a personal journal.ġ3. So much so that Isaac threatened to burn down his house while he and Newton’s mother were still inside.ġ2. Hannah Ayscough’s new husband, Reverend Barnabas Smith did not have a good relationship with his stepson. She remarried a wealthy clergyman and left Newton to be raised by his maternal grandmother.ġ1. Newton’s mother left him when he was only three years old. To honor his father, Isaac’s mother gave him the same name, so he was essentially Isaac Newton Jnr.ġ0. His father, an illiterate farmer, died in October 1642, before his birth.ĩ. He was so small when he was born that his mother, Hannah Ayscough, claims that he could fit into a quart-size mug.Ĩ. Newton was born prematurely on January 4, 1643, and had a very low chance of survival.ħ. He once went temporarily blind after looking at the sun for a long time in the mirror.Ħ. Newton was very interested in the pseudoscience of alchemy and even tried to turn lead into gold, but failed.ĥ. In his personal life, he was known to be quite jealous, potentially mean, and to have quite an ego.Ĥ.
He preferred to center his time around research which took up most of his attention.ģ. Historians even state that most students could not understand his lectures at all. Newton actually showed very little interest in his students and teaching, resulting in poorly attended lectures.
He was only 26 years old when he became a professor of mathematics at Cambridge University.Ģ. Here are 38 fascinating facts about Isaac Newton you might not know.ġ. Let’s find out a little bit more about the scientific mind that revolutionized the way people saw and thought about the world.
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