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As I've seen on my source at history.com, yes, the apple does fall from Newton but not necessarily and specifically on his head. So I think it's true that the story of the falling apple is true because what more story and way did Newton does to develop his law of gravitation if the story was not true?  https://www.history.com/news/did-an-apple-really-fall-on-isaac-newtons-head#:~:text=There's%20no%20evidence%20to%20suggest,his%20law%20of%20universal%20gravitation.

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Legend has it that a young Isaac Newton was sitting under an apple tree when he was bonked on the head by a falling piece of fruit, a 17th-century "aha moment" that prompted him to suddenly come up with his law of gravity. In reality, things didn't go down quite like that. Newton, the son of a farmer, was born in 1642 near Grantham, England, and entered Cambridge University in 1661. Four years later, following an outbreak of the bubonic plague, the school temporarily closed, forcing Newton to move back to his childhood home, Woolsthorpe Manor. It was during this period at Woolsthorpe (Newton returned to Cambridge in 1667) that he was in the orchard there and witnessed an apple drop from a tree. There's no evidence to suggest the fruit actually landed on his head, but Newton's observation caused him to ponder why apples always fall straight to the ground (rather than sideways or upward) and helped inspired him to eventually develop his law of universal gravitation. In 1687, Newton first published this principle, which states that every body in the universe is attracted to every other body with a force that is directly proportional to the product of their masses and inversely proportional to the square of the distance between them, in his landmark work the "Principia," which also features his three laws of motion.

In 1726, Newton shared the apple anecdote with William Stukeley, who included it in a biography, "Memoirs of Sir Isaac Newton's Life," published in 1752. According to Stukeley, "After dinner, the weather being warm, we went into the garden, & drank thea under the shade of some apple trees... he told me, he was just in the same situation, as when formerly, the notion of gravitation came into his mind.... occasion'd by the fall of an apple, as he sat in a contemplative mood."

The esteemed mathematician and physicist died in 1727 and was buried at Westminster Abbey. His famous apple tree continues to grow at Woolsthorpe Manor.

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Did an apple really fall on Isaac Newton's head?

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Legend has it that a young Isaac Newton was sitting under an apple tree when he was bonked on the head by a falling piece of fruit, a 17th-century "aha moment" that prompted him to suddenly come up with his law of gravity. In reality, things didn't go down quite like that.

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Based on my research, it is said that there was really no evidence that the apple fell on Isaac Newton's head. But his observations made him wonder why the apples always fell straight to the ground, which helped him develop the law of universal gravitation.

Sources:
https://www.history.com/news/did-an-apple-really-fall-on-isaac-newtons-head

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Legend has it that a young Isaac Newton was sitting under an apple tree when he was bonked on the head by a falling piece of fruit, a 17th-century "aha moment" that prompted him to suddenly come up with his law of gravity. In reality, things didn't go down quite like that. Newton, the son of a farmer, was born in 1642 near Grantham, England, and entered Cambridge University in 1661. Four years later, following an outbreak of the bubonic plague, the school temporarily closed, forcing Newton to move back to his childhood home, Woolsthorpe Manor. It was during this period at Woolsthorpe (Newton returned to Cambridge in 1667) that he was in the orchard there and witnessed an apple drop from a tree. There's no evidence to suggest the fruit actually landed on his head, but Newton's observation caused him to ponder why apples always fall straight to the ground (rather than sideways or upward) and helped inspired him to eventually develop his law of universal gravitation. In 1687, Newton first published this principle, which states that every body in the universe is attracted to every other body with a force that is directly proportional to the product of their masses and inversely proportional to the square of the distance between them, in his landmark work the "Principia," which also features his three laws of motion.

In 1726, Newton shared the apple anecdote with William Stukeley, who included it in a biography, "Memoirs of Sir Isaac Newton's Life," published in 1752. According to Stukeley, "After dinner, the weather being warm, we went into the garden, & drank thea under the shade of some apple trees... he told me, he was just in the same situation, as when formerly, the notion of gravitation came into his mind.... occasion'd by the fall of an apple, as he sat in a contemplative mood."

The esteemed mathematician and physicist died in 1727 and was buried at Westminster Abbey. His famous apple tree continues to grow at Woolsthorpe Manor.

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Did an apple really fall on Isaac Newton's head?

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Legend has it that a young Isaac Newton was sitting under an apple tree when he was bonked on the head by a falling piece of fruit, a 17th-century "aha moment" that prompted him to suddenly come up with his law of gravity. In reality, things didn't go down quite like that.

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There’s no evidence to suggest the fruit actually landed on his head, but Newton’s observation caused him to ponder why apples always fall straight to the ground (rather than sideways or upward) and helped inspired him to eventually develop his law of universal gravitation. In 1687, Newton first published this principle, which states that every body in the universe is attracted to every other body with a force that is directly proportional to the product of their masses and inversely proportional to the square of the distance between them.

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Nix, E. (2015, November 13). Did an apple really fall on Isaac Newton’s head? History. Retrieved October 17, 2022, from https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.history.com/.amp/news/did-an-apple-really-fall-on-isaac-newtons-head

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Based on History.com, an apple that was bonked to Newton's head is probably made up to make the concept of gravity entertaining. But it is all about how he discovered the law of gravity. He wondered why apples always fall straight to the ground (rather than sideways or upward).

https://www.history.com/news/did-an-apple-really-fall-on-isaac-newtons-head#:~:text=There's%20no%20evidence%20to%20suggest,his%20law%20of%20universal%20gravitation.

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Legend has it that a young Isaac Newton was sitting under an apple tree when he was bonked on the head by a falling piece of fruit, a 17th-century "aha moment" that prompted him to suddenly come up with his law of gravity. In reality, things didn't go down quite like that. Newton, the son of a farmer, was born in 1642 near Grantham, England, and entered Cambridge University in 1661. Four years later, following an outbreak of the bubonic plague, the school temporarily closed, forcing Newton to move back to his childhood home, Woolsthorpe Manor. It was during this period at Woolsthorpe (Newton returned to Cambridge in 1667) that he was in the orchard there and witnessed an apple drop from a tree. There's no evidence to suggest the fruit actually landed on his head, but Newton's observation caused him to ponder why apples always fall straight to the ground (rather than sideways or upward) and helped inspired him to eventually develop his law of universal gravitation. In 1687, Newton first published this principle, which states that every body in the universe is attracted to every other body with a force that is directly proportional to the product of their masses and inversely proportional to the square of the distance between them, in his landmark work the "Principia," which also features his three laws of motion.

In 1726, Newton shared the apple anecdote with William Stukeley, who included it in a biography, "Memoirs of Sir Isaac Newton's Life," published in 1752. According to Stukeley, "After dinner, the weather being warm, we went into the garden, & drank thea under the shade of some apple trees... he told me, he was just in the same situation, as when formerly, the notion of gravitation came into his mind.... occasion'd by the fall of an apple, as he sat in a contemplative mood."

The esteemed mathematician and physicist died in 1727 and was buried at Westminster Abbey. His famous apple tree continues to grow at Woolsthorpe Manor.

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Did an apple really fall on Isaac Newton's head?

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Legend has it that a young Isaac Newton was sitting under an apple tree when he was bonked on the head by a falling piece of fruit, a 17th-century "aha moment" that prompted him to suddenly come up with his law of gravity. In reality, things didn't go down quite like that.

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I agree with the apple-falling tale however,There is no proof that an apple ever fell on Newton's head, but the falling apples are true based on his biography and he used that as a base to establish his law of gravitation as he pondered why they were falling downhill and not right or left.

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https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.history.com/.amp/news/did-an-apple-really-fall-on-isaac-newtons-head

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Although there is no proof that the apple truly landed on Newton's head, his observation led him to consider why apples always fall on their sides and eventually led him to develop his law of universal gravitation.
https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.history.com/.amp/news/did-an-apple-really-fall-on-isaac-newtons-head

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Legend has it that a young Isaac Newton was sitting under an apple tree when he was bonked on the head by a falling piece of fruit, a 17th-century "aha moment" that prompted him to suddenly come up with his law of gravity. In reality, things didn't go down quite like that. Newton, the son of a farmer, was born in 1642 near Grantham, England, and entered Cambridge University in 1661. Four years later, following an outbreak of the bubonic plague, the school temporarily closed, forcing Newton to move back to his childhood home, Woolsthorpe Manor. It was during this period at Woolsthorpe (Newton returned to Cambridge in 1667) that he was in the orchard there and witnessed an apple drop from a tree. There's no evidence to suggest the fruit actually landed on his head, but Newton's observation caused him to ponder why apples always fall straight to the ground (rather than sideways or upward) and helped inspired him to eventually develop his law of universal gravitation. In 1687, Newton first published this principle, which states that every body in the universe is attracted to every other body with a force that is directly proportional to the product of their masses and inversely proportional to the square of the distance between them, in his landmark work the "Principia," which also features his three laws of motion.

In 1726, Newton shared the apple anecdote with William Stukeley, who included it in a biography, "Memoirs of Sir Isaac Newton's Life," published in 1752. According to Stukeley, "After dinner, the weather being warm, we went into the garden, & drank thea under the shade of some apple trees... he told me, he was just in the same situation, as when formerly, the notion of gravitation came into his mind.... occasion'd by the fall of an apple, as he sat in a contemplative mood."

The esteemed mathematician and physicist died in 1727 and was buried at Westminster Abbey. His famous apple tree continues to grow at Woolsthorpe Manor.

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Did an apple really fall on Isaac Newton's head?

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Legend has it that a young Isaac Newton was sitting under an apple tree when he was bonked on the head by a falling piece of fruit, a 17th-century "aha moment" that prompted him to suddenly come up with his law of gravity. In reality, things didn't go down quite like that.

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based on the cite I've seen There's no evidence to suggest the apple fruit actually landed on his head, but Newton's observation caused him to ponder why apples always fall straight to the ground (rather than sideways or upward) and helped inspired him to eventually develop his law of universal gravitation.

reference:
https://www.history.com/news/did-an-apple-really-fall-on-isaac-newtons-head#:~:text=There's%20no%20evidence%20to%20suggest,his%20law%20of%20universal%20gravitation.

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Legend has it that a young Isaac Newton was sitting under an apple tree when he was bonked on the head by a falling piece of fruit, a 17th-century "aha moment" that prompted him to suddenly come up with his law of gravity. In reality, things didn't go down quite like that. Newton, the son of a farmer, was born in 1642 near Grantham, England, and entered Cambridge University in 1661. Four years later, following an outbreak of the bubonic plague, the school temporarily closed, forcing Newton to move back to his childhood home, Woolsthorpe Manor. It was during this period at Woolsthorpe (Newton returned to Cambridge in 1667) that he was in the orchard there and witnessed an apple drop from a tree. There's no evidence to suggest the fruit actually landed on his head, but Newton's observation caused him to ponder why apples always fall straight to the ground (rather than sideways or upward) and helped inspired him to eventually develop his law of universal gravitation. In 1687, Newton first published this principle, which states that every body in the universe is attracted to every other body with a force that is directly proportional to the product of their masses and inversely proportional to the square of the distance between them, in his landmark work the "Principia," which also features his three laws of motion.

In 1726, Newton shared the apple anecdote with William Stukeley, who included it in a biography, "Memoirs of Sir Isaac Newton's Life," published in 1752. According to Stukeley, "After dinner, the weather being warm, we went into the garden, & drank thea under the shade of some apple trees... he told me, he was just in the same situation, as when formerly, the notion of gravitation came into his mind.... occasion'd by the fall of an apple, as he sat in a contemplative mood."

The esteemed mathematician and physicist died in 1727 and was buried at Westminster Abbey. His famous apple tree continues to grow at Woolsthorpe Manor.

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Did an apple really fall on Isaac Newton's head?

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Legend has it that a young Isaac Newton was sitting under an apple tree when he was bonked on the head by a falling piece of fruit, a 17th-century "aha moment" that prompted him to suddenly come up with his law of gravity. In reality, things didn't go down quite like that.

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I believe that the story about the falling apple is true. People wouldn't dig up something when they didn't experience it. As was the case with Isaac Newton. After seeing an apple fall, he started wondering why apples always fall straight to the ground rather than sideways or upward and this led him to develop his law of universal gravitation. As a result of this incident, he made a remarkable discovery.

Source: https://www.history.com/news/did-an-apple-really-fall-on-isaac-newtons-head#:~:text=There's%20no%20evidence%20to%20suggest,his%20law%20of%20universal%20gravitation.

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Legend has it that a young Isaac Newton was sitting under an apple tree when he was bonked on the head by a falling piece of fruit, a 17th-century "aha moment" that prompted him to suddenly come up with his law of gravity. In reality, things didn't go down quite like that. Newton, the son of a farmer, was born in 1642 near Grantham, England, and entered Cambridge University in 1661. Four years later, following an outbreak of the bubonic plague, the school temporarily closed, forcing Newton to move back to his childhood home, Woolsthorpe Manor. It was during this period at Woolsthorpe (Newton returned to Cambridge in 1667) that he was in the orchard there and witnessed an apple drop from a tree. There's no evidence to suggest the fruit actually landed on his head, but Newton's observation caused him to ponder why apples always fall straight to the ground (rather than sideways or upward) and helped inspired him to eventually develop his law of universal gravitation. In 1687, Newton first published this principle, which states that every body in the universe is attracted to every other body with a force that is directly proportional to the product of their masses and inversely proportional to the square of the distance between them, in his landmark work the "Principia," which also features his three laws of motion.

In 1726, Newton shared the apple anecdote with William Stukeley, who included it in a biography, "Memoirs of Sir Isaac Newton's Life," published in 1752. According to Stukeley, "After dinner, the weather being warm, we went into the garden, & drank thea under the shade of some apple trees... he told me, he was just in the same situation, as when formerly, the notion of gravitation came into his mind.... occasion'd by the fall of an apple, as he sat in a contemplative mood."

The esteemed mathematician and physicist died in 1727 and was buried at Westminster Abbey. His famous apple tree continues to grow at Woolsthorpe Manor.

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Did an apple really fall on Isaac Newton's head?

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Legend has it that a young Isaac Newton was sitting under an apple tree when he was bonked on the head by a falling piece of fruit, a 17th-century "aha moment" that prompted him to suddenly come up with his law of gravity. In reality, things didn't go down quite like that.

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According to my research, there is no concrete proof that the apple touched Newton's head. He did, however, ponder why the fruit always fell with no deviation. He then discovered the idea that every body in the universe is drawn to every other body by a force. That they have an inverse relationship to distance between them and are directly proportionate to the total of their masses.

Resources: https://www.quora.com/Did-apple-really-fall-on-Newtons-head

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There’s no evidence to suggest the fruit actually landed on his head, but Newton’s observation caused him to ponder why apples always fall straight to the ground (rather than sideways or upward) and helped inspired him to eventually develop his law of universal gravitation. https://www.history.com/.amp/news/did-an-apple-really-fall-on-isaac-newtons-head

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Legend has it that a young Isaac Newton was sitting under an apple tree when he was bonked on the head by a falling piece of fruit, a 17th-century "aha moment" that prompted him to suddenly come up with his law of gravity. In reality, things didn't go down quite like that. Newton, the son of a farmer, was born in 1642 near Grantham, England, and entered Cambridge University in 1661. Four years later, following an outbreak of the bubonic plague, the school temporarily closed, forcing Newton to move back to his childhood home, Woolsthorpe Manor. It was during this period at Woolsthorpe (Newton returned to Cambridge in 1667) that he was in the orchard there and witnessed an apple drop from a tree. There's no evidence to suggest the fruit actually landed on his head, but Newton's observation caused him to ponder why apples always fall straight to the ground (rather than sideways or upward) and helped inspired him to eventually develop his law of universal gravitation. In 1687, Newton first published this principle, which states that every body in the universe is attracted to every other body with a force that is directly proportional to the product of their masses and inversely proportional to the square of the distance between them, in his landmark work the "Principia," which also features his three laws of motion.

In 1726, Newton shared the apple anecdote with William Stukeley, who included it in a biography, "Memoirs of Sir Isaac Newton's Life," published in 1752. According to Stukeley, "After dinner, the weather being warm, we went into the garden, & drank thea under the shade of some apple trees... he told me, he was just in the same situation, as when formerly, the notion of gravitation came into his mind.... occasion'd by the fall of an apple, as he sat in a contemplative mood."

The esteemed mathematician and physicist died in 1727 and was buried at Westminster Abbey. His famous apple tree continues to grow at Woolsthorpe Manor.

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Did an apple really fall on Isaac Newton's head?

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Legend has it that a young Isaac Newton was sitting under an apple tree when he was bonked on the head by a falling piece of fruit, a 17th-century "aha moment" that prompted him to suddenly come up with his law of gravity. In reality, things didn't go down quite like that.

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yes, it is because there's no evidence to suggest that the fruit actually landed on his head but he observed why apple actually falls in straight to the ground that Isaac Newton discovered or develop the Universal Law of Gravitation.

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https://www.history.com/news/did-an-apple-really-fall-on-isaac-newtons-head#:~:text=There's%20no%20evidence%20to%20suggest,his%20law%20of%20universal%20gravitation.

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Legend has it that a young Isaac Newton was sitting under an apple tree when he was bonked on the head by a falling piece of fruit, a 17th-century "aha moment" that prompted him to suddenly come up with his law of gravity. In reality, things didn't go down quite like that. Newton, the son of a farmer, was born in 1642 near Grantham, England, and entered Cambridge University in 1661. Four years later, following an outbreak of the bubonic plague, the school temporarily closed, forcing Newton to move back to his childhood home, Woolsthorpe Manor. It was during this period at Woolsthorpe (Newton returned to Cambridge in 1667) that he was in the orchard there and witnessed an apple drop from a tree. There's no evidence to suggest the fruit actually landed on his head, but Newton's observation caused him to ponder why apples always fall straight to the ground (rather than sideways or upward) and helped inspired him to eventually develop his law of universal gravitation. In 1687, Newton first published this principle, which states that every body in the universe is attracted to every other body with a force that is directly proportional to the product of their masses and inversely proportional to the square of the distance between them, in his landmark work the "Principia," which also features his three laws of motion.

In 1726, Newton shared the apple anecdote with William Stukeley, who included it in a biography, "Memoirs of Sir Isaac Newton's Life," published in 1752. According to Stukeley, "After dinner, the weather being warm, we went into the garden, & drank thea under the shade of some apple trees... he told me, he was just in the same situation, as when formerly, the notion of gravitation came into his mind.... occasion'd by the fall of an apple, as he sat in a contemplative mood."

The esteemed mathematician and physicist died in 1727 and was buried at Westminster Abbey. His famous apple tree continues to grow at Woolsthorpe Manor.

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Did an apple really fall on Isaac Newton's head?

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Legend has it that a young Isaac Newton was sitting under an apple tree when he was bonked on the head by a falling piece of fruit, a 17th-century "aha moment" that prompted him to suddenly come up with his law of gravity. In reality, things didn't go down quite like that.

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The falling of apple is true. It was Newton’s observation that caused him to wonder why apples always fall straight to the ground. And there is no concrete evidence that the apple fall on his head. His observations is the cause why he was inspired to develop the law of gravity.

Reference:
https://www.quora.com/Did-apple-really-fall-on-Newtons-head

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Answer (1 of 11): The legend that Isaac Newton was sitting under an apple tree when he was hit on the head by a falling piece of fruit, resulted in a "eureka moment" that prompted him to suddenly come up with his law of gravity. In reality, things didn't go quite like that.

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There’s no evidence to suggest the fruit really landed on his head, but Newton’s curiosity caused him to contemplate why apples usually fall straight to the floor (rather than sideways or upward) and helped inspire him to in the end strengthen his regulation and published a law of universal gravitation. In 1726, Newton shared the apple anecdote with William Stukeley, who have been included in a biography, “Memoirs of Sir Isaac Newton’s Life. “After dinner, the weather being warm, we went into the garden, & drank thea under the shade of some apple trees… he told me, he was just in the same situation, as when formerly, the notion of gravitation came into his mind…. occasion’d by the fall of an apple, as he sat in a contemplative mood.”

https://www.history.com/news/did-an-apple-really-fall-on-isaac-newtons-head

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As stated in the article. According to legend, Isaac Newton developed the theory of gravitation after observing an apple fall and wondering why it fell straight down rather than sideways or even upward. It is true in the part of the apple falling but he witness it not entirely fall on his head.

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National Geography. https://education.nationalgeographic.org/resource/isaac-newton-who-he-was-why-apples-are-falling

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Sir Isaac Newton was born especially tiny but grew into a massive intellect and still looms large, thanks to his findings on gravity, light, motion, mathematics, and more.

Subjects

Mathematics, Physics

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Isaac Newton Kneller Painting

Far more than just discovering the laws of gravity, Sir Isaac Newton was also responsible for working out many of the principles of visible light and the laws of motion, and contributing to calculus.

Photograph of Sir Godfrey Kneller painting by Science Source

Legend has it that Isaac Newton formulated gravitational theory in 1665 or 1666 after watching an apple fall and asking why the apple fell straight down, rather than sideways or even upward.

"He showed that the force that makes the apple fall and that holds us on the ground is the same as the force that keeps the moon and planets in their orbits," said Martin Rees, a former president of Britain's Royal Society, the United Kingdom's national academy of science, which was once headed by Newton himself.

"His theory of gravity wouldn't have got us global positioning satellites," said Jeremy Gray, a mathematical historian at the Milton Keynes, U.K.-based Open University. "But it was enough to develop space travel."

Isaac Newton, Underachiever?

Born two to three months prematurely on January 4, 1643, in a hamlet in Lincolnshire, England, Isaac Newton was a tiny baby who, according to his mother, could have fit inside a quart mug. A practical child, he enjoyed constructing models, including a tiny mill that actually ground flour-powered by a mouse running in a wheel.

Admitted to the University of Cambridge on 1661, Newton at first failed to shine as a student.

In 1665 the school temporarily closed because of a bubonic plague epidemic and Newton returned home to Lincolnshire for two years. It was then that the apple-falling brainstorm occurred, and he described his years on hiatus as "the prime of my age for invention."

Despite his apparent affinity for private study, Newton returned to Cambridge in 1667 and served as a mathematics professor and in other capacities until 1696.

Isaac Newton: More than Master of Gravity

Decoding gravity was only part of Newton's contribution to mathematics and science. His other major mathematical preoccupation was calculus, and along with German mathematician Gottfried Leibniz, Newton developed differentiation and integration-techniques that remain fundamental to mathematicians and scientists.

Meanwhile, his interest in optics led him to propose, correctly, that white light is actually the combination of light of all the colors of the rainbow. This, in turn, made plain the cause of chromatic aberration-inaccurate color reproduction-in the telescopes of the day.

To solve the problem, Newton designed a telescope that used mirrors rather than just glass lenses, which allowed the new apparatus to focus all the colors on a single point-resulting in a crisper, more accurate image. To this day, reflecting telescopes, including the Hubble Space Telescope, are mainstays of astronomy.

Following his apple insight, Newton developed the three laws of motion, which are, in his own words:

Newton's Law of Inertia: Every object persists in its state of rest or uniform motion in a straight line unless it is compelled to change that state by forces impressed upon it.

Newton's Law of Acceleration: Force is equal to the change in momentum (mV) per change in time. For a constant mass, force equals mass times acceleration [expressed in the famous equation F = ma].

Newton's Law of Action and Reaction: For every action, there is an equal and opposite reaction.

Newton published his findings in 1687 in a book called Philosophiae Naturalis Principia Mathematica (Mathematical Principles of Natural Philosophy) commonly known as the Principia.

"Newton's Principia made him famous-few people read it, and even fewer understood it, but everyone knew that it was a great work, rather like Einstein's Theory of Relativity over two hundred years later," writes mathematician Robert Wilson of the Open University in an article on a university website.

Isaac Newton's "Unattractive Personality"

Despite his wealth of discoveries, Isaac Newton wasn't well liked, particularly in old age, when he served as the head of Britain's Royal Mint, served in Parliament, and wrote on religion, among other things.

"As a personality, Newton was unattractive-solitary and reclusive when young, vain and vindictive in his later years, when he tyrannized the Royal Society and vigorously sabotaged his rivals," the Royal Society's Rees said.

Sir David Wallace, director of the Isaac Newton Institute for Mathematical Sciences in Cambridge, U.K., added, "He was a complex character, who also pursued alchemy"-the search for a method to turn base metals into gold-"and, as Master of the Mint, showed no clemency towards coiners [counterfeiters] sentenced to death."

In 1727, at 84, Sir Isaac Newton died in his sleep and was buried with pomp and ceremony in Westminster Abbey in London.

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Isaac Newton: Who He Was, Why Apples Are Falling

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Sir Isaac Newton was born especially tiny but grew into a massive intellect and still looms large, thanks to his findings on gravity, light, motion, mathematics, and more.

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Yes, the story about the apple is true. According to my research, Isaac Newton was sitting under an apple tree when he was hit on the head by a falling piece of fruit, prompting him to develop his law of gravity. When Newton returned to Cambridge in 1667, he was in the orchard and saw an apple fall from a tree.

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https://education.nationalgeographic.org/resource/isaac-newton-who-he-was-why-apples-are-falling

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Sir Isaac Newton was born especially tiny but grew into a massive intellect and still looms large, thanks to his findings on gravity, light, motion, mathematics, and more.

Subjects

Mathematics, Physics

Image

Isaac Newton Kneller Painting

Far more than just discovering the laws of gravity, Sir Isaac Newton was also responsible for working out many of the principles of visible light and the laws of motion, and contributing to calculus.

Photograph of Sir Godfrey Kneller painting by Science Source

Legend has it that Isaac Newton formulated gravitational theory in 1665 or 1666 after watching an apple fall and asking why the apple fell straight down, rather than sideways or even upward.

"He showed that the force that makes the apple fall and that holds us on the ground is the same as the force that keeps the moon and planets in their orbits," said Martin Rees, a former president of Britain's Royal Society, the United Kingdom's national academy of science, which was once headed by Newton himself.

"His theory of gravity wouldn't have got us global positioning satellites," said Jeremy Gray, a mathematical historian at the Milton Keynes, U.K.-based Open University. "But it was enough to develop space travel."

Isaac Newton, Underachiever?

Born two to three months prematurely on January 4, 1643, in a hamlet in Lincolnshire, England, Isaac Newton was a tiny baby who, according to his mother, could have fit inside a quart mug. A practical child, he enjoyed constructing models, including a tiny mill that actually ground flour-powered by a mouse running in a wheel.

Admitted to the University of Cambridge on 1661, Newton at first failed to shine as a student.

In 1665 the school temporarily closed because of a bubonic plague epidemic and Newton returned home to Lincolnshire for two years. It was then that the apple-falling brainstorm occurred, and he described his years on hiatus as "the prime of my age for invention."

Despite his apparent affinity for private study, Newton returned to Cambridge in 1667 and served as a mathematics professor and in other capacities until 1696.

Isaac Newton: More than Master of Gravity

Decoding gravity was only part of Newton's contribution to mathematics and science. His other major mathematical preoccupation was calculus, and along with German mathematician Gottfried Leibniz, Newton developed differentiation and integration-techniques that remain fundamental to mathematicians and scientists.

Meanwhile, his interest in optics led him to propose, correctly, that white light is actually the combination of light of all the colors of the rainbow. This, in turn, made plain the cause of chromatic aberration-inaccurate color reproduction-in the telescopes of the day.

To solve the problem, Newton designed a telescope that used mirrors rather than just glass lenses, which allowed the new apparatus to focus all the colors on a single point-resulting in a crisper, more accurate image. To this day, reflecting telescopes, including the Hubble Space Telescope, are mainstays of astronomy.

Following his apple insight, Newton developed the three laws of motion, which are, in his own words:

Newton's Law of Inertia: Every object persists in its state of rest or uniform motion in a straight line unless it is compelled to change that state by forces impressed upon it.

Newton's Law of Acceleration: Force is equal to the change in momentum (mV) per change in time. For a constant mass, force equals mass times acceleration [expressed in the famous equation F = ma].

Newton's Law of Action and Reaction: For every action, there is an equal and opposite reaction.

Newton published his findings in 1687 in a book called Philosophiae Naturalis Principia Mathematica (Mathematical Principles of Natural Philosophy) commonly known as the Principia.

"Newton's Principia made him famous-few people read it, and even fewer understood it, but everyone knew that it was a great work, rather like Einstein's Theory of Relativity over two hundred years later," writes mathematician Robert Wilson of the Open University in an article on a university website.

Isaac Newton's "Unattractive Personality"

Despite his wealth of discoveries, Isaac Newton wasn't well liked, particularly in old age, when he served as the head of Britain's Royal Mint, served in Parliament, and wrote on religion, among other things.

"As a personality, Newton was unattractive-solitary and reclusive when young, vain and vindictive in his later years, when he tyrannized the Royal Society and vigorously sabotaged his rivals," the Royal Society's Rees said.

Sir David Wallace, director of the Isaac Newton Institute for Mathematical Sciences in Cambridge, U.K., added, "He was a complex character, who also pursued alchemy"-the search for a method to turn base metals into gold-"and, as Master of the Mint, showed no clemency towards coiners [counterfeiters] sentenced to death."

In 1727, at 84, Sir Isaac Newton died in his sleep and was buried with pomp and ceremony in Westminster Abbey in London.

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Isaac Newton: Who He Was, Why Apples Are Falling

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Sir Isaac Newton was born especially tiny but grew into a massive intellect and still looms large, thanks to his findings on gravity, light, motion, mathematics, and more.

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Is the story of the falling apple true? In my research that I came up is that he said
-“Aha!” he shouts, or perhaps, “Eureka!” In a flash he understands that the very same force that brought the apple crashing toward the ground also keeps the moon falling toward the Earth and the Earth falling toward the sun: gravity. So I think is true that the apple falling because he notice with his own experience then he identify it based on the video that apple fell to his head then he tries to throw apple to ground so that has he discover  the universal law of gravitation.
-It states that: "he first thought of his system of gravitation which he hit upon by observing an apple fall from a tree". The event occurred in the late summer of 1666. Other accounts state that Newton was sitting in his garden at Woolsthorpe Manor when the event occurred.

Resources:
https://www.newscientist.com/article/2170052-newtons-apple-the-real-story/
https://www.york.ac.uk/physics-engineering-technology/about/newtons-apple-tree/

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We've all heard the story. A young Isaac Newton is sitting beneath an apple tree contemplating the mysterious universe. Suddenly - boink! -an apple hits him on the head. "Aha!" he shouts, or perhaps, "Eureka!" In a flash he understands that the very same force that brought the apple crashing toward the ground also keeps the moon falling toward the Earth and the Earth falling toward the sun: gravity.

Or something like that. The apocryphal story is one of the most famous in the history of science and now you can see for yourself what Newton actually said. Squirreled away in the archives of London's Royal Society was a manuscript containing the truth about the apple.

It is the manuscript for what would become a biography of Newton entitled Memoirs of Sir Isaac Newton's Life written by William Stukeley, an archaeologist and one of Newton's first biographers, and published in 1752. Newton told the apple story to Stukeley, who relayed it as such:
"After dinner, the weather being warm, we went into the garden and drank thea, under the shade of some apple trees...he told me, he was just in the same situation, as when formerly, the notion of gravitation came into his mind. It was occasion'd by the fall of an apple, as he sat in contemplative mood. Why should that apple always descend perpendicularly to the ground, thought he to himself..."
The Royal Society has made the manuscript available today for the first time in a fully interactive digital form on their website at royalsociety.org/turning-the-pages. The digital release is occurring on the same day as the publication of Seeing Further (HarperPress, £25), an illustrated history of the Royal Society edited by Bill Bryson, which marks the Royal Society's 350th anniversary this year.

So it turns out the apple story is true - for the most part. The apple may not have hit Newton in the head, but I'll still picture it that way. Meanwhile, three and a half centuries and an Albert Einstein later, physicists still don't really understand gravity. We're gonna need a bigger apple.

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We've all heard the story. A young Isaac Newton is sitting beneath an apple tree contemplating the mysterious universe. Suddenly - boink! -an apple hits him on the head. "Aha!" he shouts, or perhaps, "Eureka!"

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Based on what I saw in the internet, there was no evidence that it really fell on Isaac's head, but he notice how the apple fell from the tree and he think about it. by thinking and digging that up he discovered the Universal Law of Gravitation

https://www.history.com/news/did-an-apple-really-fall-on-isaac-newtons-head

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Legend has it that a young Isaac Newton was sitting under an apple tree when he was bonked on the head by a falling piece of fruit, a 17th-century "aha moment" that prompted him to suddenly come up with his law of gravity. In reality, things didn't go down quite like that. Newton, the son of a farmer, was born in 1642 near Grantham, England, and entered Cambridge University in 1661. Four years later, following an outbreak of the bubonic plague, the school temporarily closed, forcing Newton to move back to his childhood home, Woolsthorpe Manor. It was during this period at Woolsthorpe (Newton returned to Cambridge in 1667) that he was in the orchard there and witnessed an apple drop from a tree. There's no evidence to suggest the fruit actually landed on his head, but Newton's observation caused him to ponder why apples always fall straight to the ground (rather than sideways or upward) and helped inspired him to eventually develop his law of universal gravitation. In 1687, Newton first published this principle, which states that every body in the universe is attracted to every other body with a force that is directly proportional to the product of their masses and inversely proportional to the square of the distance between them, in his landmark work the "Principia," which also features his three laws of motion.

In 1726, Newton shared the apple anecdote with William Stukeley, who included it in a biography, "Memoirs of Sir Isaac Newton's Life," published in 1752. According to Stukeley, "After dinner, the weather being warm, we went into the garden, & drank thea under the shade of some apple trees... he told me, he was just in the same situation, as when formerly, the notion of gravitation came into his mind.... occasion'd by the fall of an apple, as he sat in a contemplative mood."

The esteemed mathematician and physicist died in 1727 and was buried at Westminster Abbey. His famous apple tree continues to grow at Woolsthorpe Manor.

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Did an apple really fall on Isaac Newton's head?

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Legend has it that a young Isaac Newton was sitting under an apple tree when he was bonked on the head by a falling piece of fruit, a 17th-century "aha moment" that prompted him to suddenly come up with his law of gravity. In reality, things didn't go down quite like that.

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Based on what I saw in the internet, there was no evidence that it really fell on Isaac's head, but he notice how the apple fell from the tree and he think about it. by thinking and digging that up he discovered the Universal Law of Gravitation

https://www.history.com/news/did-an-apple-really-fall-on-isaac-newtons-head

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Is the story of the falling apple true?

The apple falling from the tree story is, totally made up.  Newton admitted later in his life during an interview that, he fabricated the apple falling from the tree story as a way to discredit some of his colleagues who were the true catalysts for his notion of gravity. Newton was indeed sitting under an apple tree when he had his so-called “eureka” moment on how gravity worked.

http://www.todayifoundout.com/index.php/2013/10/origin-apple-falling-newtons-head-story/

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Did Newton Really Have an Apple Fall on His Head, Inspiring Him to Come Up with His Theory on Gravity?

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Kerry asks: Did an apple really fall on Newton's head? In grade school you probably learned Newton's apple story around the time you learned that George Washington chopped down a cherry tree, that people in Columbus' time thought that the world was flat, or that the Pilgrims celebrated the first Thanksgiving in America and invited the Native Americans to join [...]

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Is the story of the falling apple true?

It's plausible but not necessarily true. There's not enough concrete evidence that will justify that the fruit actually landed on Newton's head. It is actually more believable to think that Newton watched the apple fall from the tree instead of the fruit falling on him. The rumor will just be a myth and will continue to be a myth unless given proper evidence.

-no references just based from self speculation and common knowledge

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When young Isaac Newton was sitting under an apple tree in the 17th century when a falling fruit hit him on the head, he suddenly became aware of the laws of gravity. Although there is no evidence that the fruit actually landed on his head, Newton's observations lead him to wonder why apples always fall straight to the ground (rather than sideways or upwards), ultimately leading him to develop universal gravitation. In 1687, Newton first published this principle. This shows that all bodies in the universe are attracted to all other bodies with a force directly proportional to the product of their masses and inversely proportional to the square of the distance between them. "Principia" contains the three laws of motion.

Reference:
https://www.history.com/news/did-an-apple-really-fall-on-isaac-newtons-head#:~:text=There's%20no%20evidence%20to%20suggest,his%20law%20of%20universal%20gravitation.

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Legend has it that a young Isaac Newton was sitting under an apple tree when he was bonked on the head by a falling piece of fruit, a 17th-century "aha moment" that prompted him to suddenly come up with his law of gravity. In reality, things didn't go down quite like that. Newton, the son of a farmer, was born in 1642 near Grantham, England, and entered Cambridge University in 1661. Four years later, following an outbreak of the bubonic plague, the school temporarily closed, forcing Newton to move back to his childhood home, Woolsthorpe Manor. It was during this period at Woolsthorpe (Newton returned to Cambridge in 1667) that he was in the orchard there and witnessed an apple drop from a tree. There's no evidence to suggest the fruit actually landed on his head, but Newton's observation caused him to ponder why apples always fall straight to the ground (rather than sideways or upward) and helped inspired him to eventually develop his law of universal gravitation. In 1687, Newton first published this principle, which states that every body in the universe is attracted to every other body with a force that is directly proportional to the product of their masses and inversely proportional to the square of the distance between them, in his landmark work the "Principia," which also features his three laws of motion.

In 1726, Newton shared the apple anecdote with William Stukeley, who included it in a biography, "Memoirs of Sir Isaac Newton's Life," published in 1752. According to Stukeley, "After dinner, the weather being warm, we went into the garden, & drank thea under the shade of some apple trees... he told me, he was just in the same situation, as when formerly, the notion of gravitation came into his mind.... occasion'd by the fall of an apple, as he sat in a contemplative mood."

The esteemed mathematician and physicist died in 1727 and was buried at Westminster Abbey. His famous apple tree continues to grow at Woolsthorpe Manor.

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Did an apple really fall on Isaac Newton's head?

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Legend has it that a young Isaac Newton was sitting under an apple tree when he was bonked on the head by a falling piece of fruit, a 17th-century "aha moment" that prompted him to suddenly come up with his law of gravity. In reality, things didn't go down quite like that.

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Is the story of the falling apple true?

Newton was indeed sitting under an apple tree when he had his so-called “eureka” moment on how gravity worked. However, it would seem that the apple didn’t fall directly on his head - at least there is no documented evidence of this. But if you discount the notion that he near instantly fleshed out his universal theory and the “fell on his head” bit, the common story is pretty accurate.

https://gizmodo.com/did-an-inspirational-apple-really-fall-on-newtons-head-1450597571

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Based on the video that was shown newton was sitting under on apple tree then the apple fell on his head and he suddenly thought of the universal law of gravitational. It's possible that isaac newton thought of the universal law of gravitation but there's no proof that the apple really fell on Isaac's head because newton known as one of the famous philosopher. And based on the site that I read they prove that he really thought of the specific topic. He knew that the force that caused the apple's acceleration must be dependent upon the mass of the apple. And since the force acting to cause the apple's downward acceleration also causes the earth's upward acceleration , that force must also depend upon the mass of the earth. He compared the acceleration of the moon to the acceleration of objects on earth. Believing that gravitational forces were responsible for each, Newton was able to draw an important conclusion about the dependence of gravity upon distance. This comparison led him to conclude that the force of gravitational attraction between the Earth and other objects is inversely proportional to the distance separating the earth's center from the object's center.

https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.history.com/.amp/news/did-an-apple-really-fall-on-isaac-newtons-head
https://www.physicsclassroom.com/class/circles/Lesson-3/Newton-s-Law-of-Universal-Gravitation

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