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# Personal details
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name: Isaac Newton
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phone: +44 1223 338400
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email: isaac.newton@trin.cam.ac.uk
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linkedin: 'in/isaacnewton'
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publications: '\*'
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headline: |
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Natural Philosopher
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about: |
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I invented calculus and gravity. I also wrote a few important papers on optics, planetary motion, and math.
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education:
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- year: 1667
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degree: MA
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focus: Mathematics and Physics
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institution: Cambridge
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department: "Trinity College"
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- year: 1665
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degree: BA
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focus: Philosophy
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institution: Cambridge
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department: "Trinity College"
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skills:
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- calculus
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- optics
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- writing papers
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- "casual ocular needle insertion"
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- mechanics
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- heliocentricity
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- astronomy
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- planetary motion
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- "finding roots of functions"
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- alchemy
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- latin
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- public speaking
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experience:
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- company: Trinity College, Cambridge
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years:
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start: '1669'
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end: '1702'
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position: Lucasian Professor of Mathematics
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description: "Mainly mathematical sciences, but also the study of alchemy and biblical chronology. I generalized the binomial theorem to allow real exponents other than nonnegative integers. Also devised a method for finding successively better approximations to the roots (or zeroes) of a real-valued function, it's called ``Newton's method''"
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- company: Trinity College
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years:
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start: '1661'
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end: '1664'
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position: Valet
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description: "Tending to my employer as his personal assistant. I was a subsizar to help pay for studies at Trinity College."
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- company: Farm
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years:
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start: '1659'
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end: '1661'
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position: Farmer
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description: "Tedious and laborious farm work. I hated it. My mother made me do it after my dumb step-father died again."
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