What story did scientist Newton tell?

Open the textbooks of physics and mathematics, and you will often see the name of a scientist-Newton. This scientist, who enjoys a high reputation in the scientific community, founded three basic laws of mechanical motion of objects; Putting forward the law of universal gravitation can reveal the mystery of celestial bodies. The composition of sunlight that became the basis of spectral analysis was found. The binomial theorem is established and the calculus is determined. When people asked him how he made these great discoveries, he replied simply: "I've been thinking, thinking, thinking ..."

Indeed, Newton has been thinking about this problem all his life. When he was a child, he liked to use his head and get to the bottom of it. That year, before he was ten years old, he played a fun game with everyone. He tied a paper lantern to a kite, lit it at dark and put it in the air with the kite. When the villagers in the street saw it, they were very alarmed and thought it was a comet-at that time, people regarded it as an ominous sign.

At the age of twelve, he made a small windmill after imitating the windmill in the mill outside the village. When the wind blows, the windmill turns, and he adds some wheat grains to it to really grind flour. He also made a round wheel with thread, shut off a mouse, let the mouse step on the wheel, and let the mill rotate quickly. Newton called it "the mouse mill". On another occasion, he heard the wind howling outside and suddenly thought: How big is the wind? He ran out of the house, alone in the strong wind, traveling with the wind and against the wind, trying to calculate the size of the wind.

When he was fifteen, his mother told Newton to stop school and go home to work. When he was herding cattle, he was distracted by reading, and the cattle got lost. When I went to the market to sell agricultural and sideline products, I sat under the fence, just reading and selling nothing. Seeing him concentrate on his studies, his mother had to give up the idea of making money and allow him to continue his studies.

When he grew up, Newton dreamed of physical laws and mathematical formulas. He has no time to care about trivial matters of life, never pays attention to clothes, and socks often drag to his heels. He is so gifted at solving scientific problems, but he is so clumsy in dealing with daily chores. It is said that he raised two cats, one big and one small, and opened two holes at the foot of the house, allowing the big cat to walk through the big hole and the kitten to walk through the small hole. Someone told him that a kitten can walk through a big hole without opening two holes, and then he suddenly realized that he was really smart.

When Newton came of age, he fell in love and was going to propose to a girl. He held her hand, but he talked about his recent scientific experiment. Like a dream, he took the girl's finger as a stick and put it through the pipe. His mind has long been accustomed to the exploration of scientific problems. The girl shouted. Newton just woke up. He was very sorry and murmured, "It seems that I will be a bachelor all my life." Later, Newton really never got married.

There are countless stories about Newton's selfless spirit in scientific activities. Once, Newton invited a friend to dinner. The food was ready and he went to the studio before the guests came. After the guests arrived, they waited for a long time, but Newton did not come out. Everyone knows Newton's temper. He forgets everything at work. If someone tries to disturb him, he will get angry. So everyone ate by themselves and left quietly after eating. Newton hurried to the living room when he remembered the hospitality. When he saw that all the food had been eaten, he smiled wryly: "I thought I forgot to invite them to dinner." It turned out that I had dinner with them and they had left happily. " So Newton went back to the studio to continue his experiment.

Newton can achieve so many great achievements in his life, not because he was born a "superman", but because of diligence. He seldom sleeps before two or three o'clock in the evening. He sleeps for four or five hours every day, especially in spring and autumn. He often stays in the laboratory for several weeks, works day and night, and often makes jokes about forgetting to eat and sleep.

Once, Newton worked for hours on end. At dinner, his assistant brought two eggs and a small pot and put them on the table. Newton said, "put it on the table first, and I'll cook it myself later." After a while, the assistant came and saw the water on the pot boiling and the eggs still on the table. He lifted the lid and saw a pocket watch cooking in the kitchen. It turned out that Newton absently regarded the pocket watch as an egg.

Newton's investment in scientific research can be said to have reached the point of obsession. At one time, people found him like a naughty child, happily blowing soap bubbles beside a bucket of soapy water in pelt, Leicestershire, England. Neighbors began to think that the old man was crazy, but he was a scientist Newton, and he was fascinated by the phenomenon that light reflected on a sphere. Once, he saw a prism that could be used for optical research and was going to buy it. The owner deliberately inflated the price, saying it was priceless. Newton believed it and paid a lot of money for it. When the housekeeper found out, she complained angrily that he was such a fool, saying that this glass thing was not worth that much money at all.

Newton's scientific research achievements have made great contributions to mankind, but he said modestly, "That's because I stand on the shoulders of giants." Newton's selfless learning spirit is worth learning for us modern people.