Newton’s Curiosity & Apple Story
Newton was very keen to find out the laws of the motion of the moon around Earth. He came up with the reasoning that the influence of gravity must extend over vast distances.
His obsessive curiosity to know and find the reasoning behind the motion of the moon around the Earth shows that he was a great “Problem-Solver” — a type of curiosity. When this Apple-Falling incident happened with him, he got this great insight. This is how curiosity strikes.
“Why did the apple fall straight to the ground?” — Newton asked himself. It could take a swing in the air. It could go upwards or sideways but NO. It constantly falls to the Earth’s center.
Sure, we now know the reason why the apple falls towards the Earth’s center. The Earth draws an object and similarly, the object draws the Earth. The power of drawing an object to itself resides in the center of the object, not on any side of the object.
Newton spent several years working on mathematics establishing that the force of gravity is inversely proportional to the square of the distance. One of the applications of the law of gravity is to calculate the trajectory of astronomical bodies and to predict their motion.
His curiosity led him to one of the greatest Eureka moments in the history of Science. He kept on asking the right questions. Before your curiosity leads you to another eureka moment, you need to know your Curiosity Type. Click here to Discover Your Curiosity Type
Questions You May Ask Now
Why doesn’t the Moon crash into the Earth?
Is the force of Gravity the same all over the Earth?
Is there gravity in space?
What role does gravity play between two very distant objects?
