Newton's apple

English Etymology After the Isaac Newton#Apple incident story that English scientist Isaac Newton was inspired to formulate his theory of gravitation by watching the fall of an apple from a tree. Noun Something that acts as a source of inspiration or triggers an important realization for someone. en 1913 Archibald Allan Space and Personality Edinburgh Oliver & Boyd -ZxCAAAAIAAJ 204 Newton's apple The 'perfect fluid' which Lord Kelvin desiderated, is an instance that scientists are on the outlook for something that will serve as a Newton's apple to lead them to the larger truth which urges birth from their instincts of faith. en 2010 Yuri Tsivian The Gesture of Revolution or Misquoting as Device Ostrannenie: On "Strangeness" and the Moving Image: The History, Reception, and Relevance of a Concept Annie van den Oever Amsterdam Amsterdam University Press 9789089640796 iERivFIH0qUC 25 Newton's apple Shortly afterwards, in a book called Stupeni. Tekst khudozhnika [Steps. An Artist's Text] published in 1918 in Moscow, Kandinsky wrote about himself as the original discoverer of abstract painting and, as is the custom of discoverers, recounted what precisely became his Newton's apple. en eponyms en Copernican Revolution Gravity Isaac Newton