The best legend story in english Isaac newton,the great and most influential scientist who ever lived, was born in woolsthorpe, England, on Christmas day 1642,the same year that galileo died like Muhammad, he was born after the death of his father. As a child,he showed considerable mechanical aptitud, and was very clever with his hands. Although a bright child he was intention in school and did not attract much attention . When he was a teenager, his mother, took him out of school, hoping that he would become a successful farmer.Fortunantely, she was persuaded that his principle talents lay elsewhere, and at eighteen, he entered Cambridge University.