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What was Isaac Newton doing at 16?

Invented calculus and gravity theory in a plague year at 23

  1. Oct 1659

    Pulled out of school at 16 to run the family farm

    He was bad at farming. His headmaster and uncle talked his mother into sending him back.

    Source: en.wikipedia.org
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