Sir Isaac Newton is one of history's most significant figures. Newton's laws are everywhere in daily life. They explain how vehicles and baseballs move.
This story reveals the scientist's secret side. Newton devised calculus by his mid-20s. Not bad for a farmer's son. His father died three months before his birth in Woolsthorpe Manor, Lincolnshire, on Christmas Day 1642. Premature and tiny, he fit inside a quart mug.