Isaac Newton was born in Woolsthorpe, Lincolnshire in England on December 25, 1642. Newton was an intelligent child, but he never showed any signs of greatness. Newton's first college that he attended was Trinity-Cambridge College. He graduated from Cambridge without any particular study distinctions. In 1669 Newton became a professor at Cambridge and lectured on arithmetic, astronomy, geometry, optics and other types of mathematics. Although Isaac Newton was not the only great scientist of the 17th century, he can still be considered the greatest scientist among European scientists. With the help of his theories on light, sound and atoms, his legendary three laws of motion presented in his book "The Principia", and finally his law of universal gravitation, he can be considered the greatest scientist in history European.In Newton's theory of light and color explains what creates colors. Newton conceived a “new experiment”. Here he entered a dark room and drilled a ⅛ inch hole in the shutter and intercepted the incoming light beam with a prism (Christianson 42). He was surprised because the specter formed an oblong stripe instead of a perfect circle. He demonstrated that each of the seven colors was refracted in orbit, at different angles through the prism. This experiment helped him explain the colors of the rainbow. This discovery helped explain why bodies appear to have color (Domski). Newton used a prism and demonstrated that color is a property of light and not of the illuminated being. This sparked the invention of the spectroscope (Newton 201). In Isaac Newton's theory of light and sound he helped scientists discover many new things, such as Claude Boutet's painter's circle from 1708. Newton wondered why you couldn't see someone behind a blind......in middle of paper ..... This is why Isaac Newton was the greatest scientist in European history. From his theories on light, sound and atoms to the law of universal gravitation to the legendary three laws of motion. These helped him to be considered the greatest scientist in European history. Primary Source: Christianson, Gale E. Isaac Newton and the Scientific Revolution. New York: Oxford UP, 1996. Print.Newton, Isaac. Newton. Madrid: Debate: Ithaca, 1983. Print. Secondary sources: Brodetsky, S. "Sir Isaac Newton". Sir Isaac Newton. Methuen & CO LTD., 2006. Web. March 18, 2014. Domski, Maria. "Newton, Sir Isaac." Student of the world book. World Book, 2014. Web. March 17, 2014.Sullivant, Rosemary. “When the Apple Falls: Isaac Newton brought order and understanding to a universe of apparent complexity.” Astronomy April 1998: 54+. Student resources in context. Network. March 23. 2014.