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Complete the text with the words given: gravity - telescope - orbit - motion - mathematician - president - warden - member Isaac Newton, a(n) 1) ___ , physicist and astronomer, was a scientific genius. He was born in England in 1643 and educated at Trinity College, Cambridge. His famous work, Mathematical Principles of Natural Philosophy, describes Newton’s three laws of 2) ___ and the law of 3) ___ . Using this latter law, he explained how planets stayed in 4) ___ in space. Newton also built the first reflecting 5) ___ . His other achievements include becoming a(n) 6) ___ of Parliament, the 7) ___ of the Royal Mint and 8) ___ of the Royal Society. He was knighted for his services, becoming Sir Isaac Newton, and died at the age of 84 in 1727.
