Tuesday, May 22, 2007

Question For The Day 27 Apr 07

I am not sure if this is the kind of question that should be asked in QFTD series. But today morning I was reading "Stephen Hawking: The theory of everything" and the idea struck








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Hints

1. Yes he actually referred to an apple.
2. Read the intro part again. (The book)

Answer for the Day 27 Apr 07
Heres what I wanted to convey:
Facts:
No Apple ever fell on Newton's head. (W.r.t. to laws of gravity)
He wasn't sitting in a garden or something.
All these stories are man made.
The only Documented thing Newton ever said was
"That the idea of gravity came to him as he sat in a contemplative mood, and was occasioned by the fall of an apple".
(Source: "The theory of everything")

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