Newton, Lincolnshire Newton, Lincolnshire Newton is a hamlet in the North Kesteven district of Lincolnshire, England. The hamlet is situated approximately east from the town of Grantham, south from Sleaford, and less than south from the A52 road. Newton forms part of the civil parish of Newton and Haceby . Newton dates as a settlement from before Roman occupation. The entry for 'Newton' in the 1086 "Domesday Book" describes the settlement as a bovate of , and: M. In NEWTON Alsi had 7 bovates of land taxable, Land for 10 oxen, odo has 1 plough, 1 sokeman on 1 bovate of this
Isaac Newton Isaac Newton Sir Isaac Newton (25 December 1642 – 20 March 1726/27) was an English mathematician, physicist, astronomer, theologian, and author (described in his own day as a "natural philosopher") who is widely recognised as one of the most influential scientists of all time, and a key figure in the scientific revolution. His book "Philosophiæ Naturalis Principia Mathematica" ("Mathematical Principles of Natural Philosophy"), first published in 1687, laid the foundations of classical mechanics. Newton also made seminal contributions to optics, and shares credit with Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz for developing the infinitesimal calculus. In "Principia", Newton formulated the laws of motion