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  2. Isaac Newton's apple tree - Wikipedia

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    Isaac Newton's apple tree at Woolsthorpe Manor [1] [2] represents the inspiration behind Sir Isaac Newton's theory of gravity.While the precise details of Newton's reminiscence (reported by several witnesses to whom Newton allegedly told the story) are impossible to verify, the significance of the event lies in its explanation of Newton's scientific thinking.

  3. Newton's Apple - Wikipedia

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    The show's title was based on the legend of Isaac Newton sitting under a tree and an apple falling near him—more popularly, on his head—prompting him to ponder what makes things fall, leading to the development of his theory of gravitation (an event often loosely described as him "discovering" gravity).

  4. Woolsthorpe Manor - Wikipedia

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    Woolsthorpe Manor in Woolsthorpe-by-Colsterworth, near Grantham, Lincolnshire, England, is the birthplace and family home of Sir Isaac Newton. In the orchard within the grounds is Newton's famous apple tree. A Grade I listed building, [1] it is now owned by the National Trust and open to the public.

  5. Artist makes ink from clone of Newton’s apple tree that fell ...

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    The clone was planted at Cambridge University’s Botanic Garden in 1954.

  6. What goes up… Clone of Newton’s apple tree falls ... - AOL

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    A clone of Newton’s apple tree, which was planted at Cambridge University’s Botanic Garden in 1954, has fallen during Storm Eunice. It was a scion of the original apple tree which was said to ...

  7. File:Apple first logo.png - Wikipedia

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    The logo features Sir Isaac Newton sitting under the apple tree where he supposedly discovered gravity, by an apple falling on his head. See here for the 1976 Apple 1 manual and advertisements where this logo was used.

  8. Marketing of Apple Inc. - Wikipedia

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    Apple's first logo, designed by co-founder Ron Wayne, depicts Sir Isaac Newton sitting under an apple tree. It was almost immediately replaced by Rob Janoff's "rainbow Apple", the now-familiar rainbow-colored silhouette of an apple with a bite taken out of it. Janoff presented Jobs with several different monochromatic themes for the "bitten ...

  9. File:Newton's tree, Botanic Gardens, Cambridge (sign).jpg

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    Sir Isaac Newton's Apple This apple tree is a descendant by vegetative propagation of a tree which grew in the garden of Woolsthorpe Manor, near Grantham, and which is reputed to be the tree from which fell the apple that helped Newton to formulate his theory of gravitation. The original tree is said to have died about 1815-1820.