This is the true story of Carl Rowlands about his life and one of the most famous scientist in the world, Sir Isaac New.
Carl Rowland was born on Newton street in Grantham town, Lincolnshire which is the hometown of Sir Isaac Newton. During his childhood, he had to walk pass Newton statue on his way to a school everyday. This is just the beginning of his unbelievable coincidence. When he was 12, he passed the exam to The King's School, Newton used to study here, and he was assigned to be in, definitely, Newton house, one of the sporting house. A year later, he was sent to the town museum to see how the system work. His duty there was to take care of "The Life and Work of Newton" secter. At the age of 14, he broke the school reccord in cricket with his friend, sure enough, Titch Newton. When he turned 18, he joined the Royal Air Force (RAF). Although there were many hundreds of RAF, he was sent to RAF Newton. After attending to national service, he joined the Nottingham City Police Force and, again, he was sent to an address on Newton Street. In 1958, he met a beautiful lady at Palais de Dance in Nottingham, the famous dance hall in the city, then he asked her to dance. During the conversation after dances, he told her how his life, by chance, related to Newton. Then, Jean, his wife-to-be, amusingly told him that her full name was Jean Newton. Moreover, her family were considered to be the decendants of Sir Isaac Newton. He has been married with Jean for 49 years; however, he still thinks about the strange "Force" between Sir Isaac Newton and him. Is it just the incredible coincidence? No one knows.
After I have read this article, I feel so amaze with Carl's story. How can that almost incredible coincidences happen? Are there anybody would like to calculate the probability of that event? I wouldn't, but i guess it would be less than one in a billion. This story remains me about the probability of , most of people think that, impossible events such as other living things out side the earth, somewhere in the universe.
Reference: Carl Rowland. (September 2008) Newton's Lore. Reader's Digest.
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