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Isaac Newton's Greatest Accomplishments

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After Sir Isaac Newton finished college he went on to have many great accomplishments. One of his first came when he was outside by an apple orchard and he saw an apple drop which caused him to discover the force of gravity. He also found out how to determine the average speed of something by using the formula distance divided by time is equal to the average speed of the object. With that he also developed a new type of math called calculus which is the understanding of ways things change. Later on in his life Newton began experimenting with light using a prism to determine that white light is the presence of all light. Newton also redesigned the telescope, became an alchemist, and was elected into the Royal Society. One of his greatest accomplishments

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