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

Brief introduction to the speaker

Ling Yi, researcher of Institute of High Energy Physics Chinese Academy of Sciences, doctoral supervisor, and professor at University of Chinese Academy of Sciences. He received his PhD degree in the Pennsylvania State University, and founded an institute of relativistic astrophysics and high energy physics in the University of Nanchang. His research interests include quantum gravity, black hole physics and theoretical high energy physics, etc. Prof. Ling also works as the vice chair of Relativistic Astrophysics Society.