Did apple hit Newton's head?

牛頓被蘋果砸頭屬杜撰?

A fragile manuscript telling the original story of how Newton was inspired by a falling apple has been made public for the first time, the Daily Mail reported. The account of Newton's eureka moment, which led to his famous theory of gravity, forms part of William Stukeley's 1752 biography of the great scientist. The manuscript doesn't mention that Newton was hit by a falling apple and therefore developed his famous theory of gravity. It reads: "The notion of gravitation was occasion'd by the fall of an apple."

據英國《每日郵報》報道，一份記錄牛頓受蘋果啟發發現萬有引力定律過程的殘缺手稿首次與公眾見面。這份手稿是英國科學家威廉?斯蒂克利1752年自傳中的一部分。斯蒂克利的手稿并沒有提及牛頓是受砸中腦袋蘋果的啟發，才發現了眾人所知的萬有引力定律。他寫到："他看見一個蘋果從樹上落下，從而想到了萬有引力這個概念。"

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