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Strong
19-01-2010, 05:24 AM
I find stuff like this quite interesting. Now we can see for ourselves.

Article: BBC News - Newton's Apple Story Goes Online (http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/8461591.stm)

The original version of the story of Sir Isaac Newton and the falling apple has been made available online.

Newton recounted the story that inspired his theory of gravitation to scholar William Stukeley.

It then appeared in Stukeley's 1752 biography, Memoirs of Sir Isaac Newton's Life.

The UK's Royal Society converted the fragile manuscript into an electronic book, which anybody with internet access will now be able to read.

"The story of Newton and the apple, which had gradually become debunked over the years. It is now clear, it is based on a conversation between Newton and Stukeley," he told BBC News.

"We needn't believe that the apple hit his head, but sitting in the orchard and seeing the apple fall triggered that work.

"It was a chance event that got him engaged with something he might have otherwise have shelved."

The Royal Society:The History of Science - Turning the pages (http://www.royalsociety.org/turning-the-pages/)
Atom
19-01-2010, 09:08 AM
Interesting. I'm of course having a hard time making out the words though, but rather fun just the same. I wasn't able to open 3D and I didn't want to download Microsoft Silver w/e, so I went for the last option.
Strong
19-01-2010, 11:11 AM
It gives you an idea of how language changes over time as well. It is English, but not as we knowiteth!
Zap
19-01-2010, 11:18 AM
Wasssssup?
Strong
19-01-2010, 11:30 AM
If you look at the link at the bottom of the op, you'll see the actual biography written by Stukeley, in olde worlde English.
Zap
19-01-2010, 11:39 AM
I wuz just throwin in some new world english for the homies cuz itz da bomb!
Strong
19-01-2010, 01:51 PM
In two hundred years no one will understand what you are talking about. I fact I'm not too certain at present :sqwink:
Muddy
19-01-2010, 02:02 PM
Pants on the ground, pants on the ground!
Zap
19-01-2010, 02:48 PM
Pants on the ground, pants on the ground!

Lookin like a fool with your pants on the ground!
Brian
19-01-2010, 03:24 PM
*takes pants off*
Atom
24-01-2010, 12:04 PM
I fail to see why the apple tree story debunk was even attempted, it sounds like a perfectly sound catalyst for thought on the subject to me.