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How Did Isaac Newton Create A Sense Of Insecurity?

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Isaac Newton was born in Woolsthorpe, England on January 4th, 1643. He was the one and only child of a prosperous farmer. Newton was born small and premature, and he was not expected to survive. Isaac was only three years old when his mother remarried and left Isaac with his maternal grandmother. The feeling of abandonment continued to grow in little Isaac and later developed into an acute sense of insecurity. At age 12, Newton had been enrolled at the King's School in Grantham where he lived with a local apothecary and was introduced to chemistry. After much persuasion from Isaac’s Uncle, his mother allowed Isaac to enroll for Cambridge University. During his first few years at Cambridge, Newton was taken by the more advanced side of science.

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