ABSTRACT
This chapter aims to underscore the effectiveness of storytelling in teaching science and illustrates Isaac Newton's life as an interesting way to explore the interactions between science and religion. It explores Newton as both a scientist and as a man of faith, and considers the outline of his life, Newton's contributions to natural philosophy and how these contributions relate to his religious beliefs. As a scientist who believed in God, Newton is a counter-example to the popular myth that effective and successful scientists cannot be religious. Newton made significant contributions across different branches of natural philosophy including optics, mechanics and astronomy. Newton's mathematical accomplishments include the classification of cubic curves, the use of power series and developing algorithms for finding approximate solutions to different types of equation. Newton saw his world-view as providing justification for Christian faith, while Pierre Laplace, who developed many of Newton's ideas further, saw no need for a God.
