The story of Sir Isaac Newton and the falling apple is one of the most famous anecdotes in science.
“Why should it not go sideways, or upwards?
But constantly to the earths centre?
Assuredly, the reason is, that the earth draws it.
There must be a drawing power in matter.
Therefore does this apple fall perpendicularly, or toward the center?
If matter thus draws matter; it must be in proportion of its quantity.
Therefore the apple draws the earth, as well as the earth draws the apple.”
Woolsthorpe Manor is the birthplace and was the family home of Sir Isaac Newton.
The tree has been taken care of since the 1750s by generations of the Woolerton family.
The tree still remains and is taken care of by the National Trust.
Grafts from Newtons apple tree has been distributed and cultivated across the United Kingdom and beyond.
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A descendant of Newton’s apple tree at Trinity College, Cambridge.
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Sources:www.york.ac.uk/royalsociety.org/Wikipedia
