Isaac Newton: The man who discovered gravity

The story of Isaac Newton's life. He discovered gravity, and the laws of motion that underpin much of modern physics. Yet he ...
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Quote of the day by Isaac Newton: "A man may imagine things that are false, but he can only understand things that are true."

Most people know Isaac Newton as the man linked to the falling apple story, though historians still debate how much of that tale is fact and how much belongs to legend. What is beyond dispute is that ...

Newton's apple tree, 'Flower of Kent' is 350 years old and still growing: What is this rare variety, and where can it be found in the world?

The popular tale of Isaac Newton's gravity discovery is rooted in a real event. A specific apple tree at Woolsthorpe Manor ...
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A private and tetchy man, Newton is a writer's challenge

Isaac Newton was a celibate, grouchy loner who "led an obsessive life, lacking parents, lovers and friends." These facts hardly make a biography on the scientist's life sound sexy or promising. In ...