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Law of gravity: Did the apple really fall on Isaac Newton's head?

2022-07-31 19:12:07Lifestyle SHKRUAR NGA REDAKSIA VOX
Law of gravity: Did the apple really fall on Isaac Newton's head?
Did the apple really fall on Isaac Newton's head?

According to legend, the young Isaac Newton was sitting under an apple tree when a piece of this fruit fell on his head, an event in the 17th century that reminded him of the law of gravity.

In reality, things did not happen that way.

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 plague, schools were temporarily closed forcing Newton to return to his childhood home, Wooldsthorpe Manor.

It was during this period that Newton was in an orchard and witnessed an apple fall from a tree.

There is no evidence that the fruit fell on his head, but Newton's observation led him to question why apples fell straight to the ground and helped him develop the universal theory of gravitation.

Law of gravity: Did the apple really fall on Isaac Newton's head?

In 1726, Newton shared the apple anecdote with William Stukeley, who included it in his biography "Memoirs of the Life of Isaac Newton" published in 1752.

According to Stukeley, “after dinner the weather was warm, and we went into the yard drinking tea under the shade of some apple trees. It was there that the notion of gravity came to his mind."

The outstanding mathematician and physicist died in 1727 and was buried in Westminster Abbey.

The famous apple tree continues to grow at Woolsthorpe Manor.

 

Law of gravity: Did the apple really fall on Isaac Newton's head?

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