Sir Isaac Newton was drinking tea under the apple trees in his
garden one summer afternoon in 1665 when an apple fellfrom an o
erhanging !ranch" hit him on the head and immediatel# pro ided the
inspiration for his law of gra itation$%ccording to the stor# that
is how it happened" an#wa#$ It ma# indeed !e true" !ut no one knows
for certain$ E en thefamed &ritish astronomer Sir 'arold
Spencer (ones" who stated in 1)** that the stor# was pro!a!l# true"
later changed his
mind" noting that +one cannot !e sure either wa#$, The stor# of
Newton,s %pple first appears in -oltaire,s Elements de
laPhilosophic de Newton" pu!lished in 1./ " long after the great
Englishman had died and ./ #ears from the time thedisputed apple
fell$340 -The legend that's being questioned in the passage. -----
.% has !een shown to !e complete nonsense& refers to how Newton
was prompted to in estigate gra itation2 was first created !# Sir
'arold Spencer (ones3 is a complete fiction in ented !# the 4rench
author -oltaireE expresses the luxurious life Newton was leading341
-According to the passage, Sir Harold Spencer Jones --- .% has a
reputation for knowing e er#thing a!out Newton& should not !e
taken too seriousl# as he is known to !e indecisi e
2 is well known for his work" which in ol es o!ser ing the uni
erse3 firml# denies that the incident with Newton and the apple e
er happenedE feels that nothing" including the stor# a!out Newton"
can !e known for certain34 -!e can conclude "ro# the passage that
---- .% -oltaire knew more a!out Newton,s life than an#one toda#
possi!l# can& Newton deli!eratel# spread the apple stor# to
make his disco er# striking2 Newton came up with his theor# ust a
few #ears !efore he died3 Newton asked -oltaire to tell people
a!out his incident with the appleE it,s dou!tful whether the
popular m#th a!out Newton,s %pple is true
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