As a young boy at King’s School in Grantham, England, Isaac Newton was a poor student. His test scores were well below average and were near the bottom of his class. One day as he walked to school a boy academically above him insulted and kicked Isaac. This made Isaac angry, so he challenged this boy to a fight after school. Newton easily won the fight that afternoon, but that was not enough. He …showed first 75 words of 2671 total…

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