Lectures on History of Science – Lecture 24: Ten stories about Newton – The mystery of the apple and the gravity

Time：21 Oct 2022 19:20 – 20:55

Venue：West Lecture Hall

Speaker：Ling Yi

Summary

This lecture mainly covers the first two stories of my book I am working on Ten Stories about Newton. The story of Newton and the apple has become widely known. However, is this tale a real historical fact? How has it been known and spread out? What exactly does the story tell us? How did Newton discover the Principle of Gravity? Has the mystery of gravitational force been radically revealed by Newton? We are going to shed a light on this world-known yet mysterious scientist – Isaac Newton.

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DATEOctober 21, 2022

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