It was occasion'd by the fall of an apple, as he sat in contemplative mood ... whilst he was musing in a garden it came into his thought that the power of gravity (wch brought an apple from the tree ...

Legend has it that Isaac Newton had the moment of inspiration that would lead to his theory of gravity when, on a warm ...

A portrait of Isaac Newton. In 1666, Isaac Newton first came up with the idea of gravity. It is thought that he was inspired by watching an apple fall from a tree. Newton wondered what force made ...

is famously linked to Sir Isaac Newton’s discovery of the law of gravity. It so goes that this was the place where the great man was inspired by watching one of the apples fall from the tree.

The secret behind how the International Space Station remains in orbit can be traced all the way back to the genius of Sir ...

The apple tree - in the grounds of Woolsthorpe ... is where he saw an apple fall in 1666, which led to him discovering gravity. The online auction, which closed on Friday evening, raised £31,410.