From the very tree where an apple once inspired Isaac Newton to formulate his theory of gravity to the Bodhi tree under which Gautama Buddha attained enlightenment, these iconic trees continue to ...

Apples have a long history of inspiring scientific progress. When Sir Isaac Newton watched an apple fall from a tree in 1666, he had a brilliant insight that led to his discovery of gravity. 1,2 ...

(pp19-20) Conduitt's account confirmed Stukeley. & whilst he was musing in a garden it came into his thought that the power of gravity (wch brought an apple from the tree to the ground) was not ...