This movie combines the story of Isaac Newton with that of a fictional assistant who must leave the girl he loves to accompany Newton to Cambridge University. Newton: A Tale of Two Isaacs is one of the "Inventors' Specials", an award winning series of films designed to introduce children to great scientists and inventors.
The TeachWithMovies.com Learning Guide to Newton: A Tale of Two Isaacs will help teachers and parents acquaint children with Isaac Newton and learn about some of his discoveries.
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Newton developed the first coherent analysis of motion and made it clear that the movement of bodies in the heavens could be understood in the same terms as the movement of objects on earth.
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