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From Newton's apple tree to Buddha's Bodhi tree: Iconic trees that still exist
From the very tree where an apple once inspired Isaac Newton to formulate his theory of gravity to the Bodhi tree under which Gautama Buddha attained enlightenment, these iconic trees continue to ...
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What we can learn from trees
The apple that fell from the tree in front of Sir Isaac Newton’s childhood home, Woolsthorpe Manor, did not, as myth suggests, smack the great man on the head. It landed, as apples do ...
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Isaac Newton Wrote a Letter in 1704 and Predicted the Exact Year He Thinks the World Will End
Sir Isaac Newton was on a lifelong quest to discover ... Newton, in general, is known as the nonpareil of the apple tree anecdote which led him to formulate concepts like motion, calculus, and ...
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Sir Isaac Newton's home reopens after winter work
The Lincolnshire home of scientist Sir Isaac Newton is to reopen to the public ... he observed an apple falling from a tree that led to his theory of gravity. The 17th century house is now in ...
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What Is Gravity, and How Does It Work?
Legend has it that Isaac Newton had the moment of inspiration that would lead to his theory of gravity when, on a warm afternoon, he saw an apple fall from a tree and wondered why it should fall ...