ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — It's a tale as old as time itself: Isaac Newton sat under a tree, got hit in the head with an apple and came up with the theories of gravity and motion. So, the story itself may ...

A descendant of Sir Isaac Newton has bought a sapling from the apple tree said to have inspired the theory of gravity so that he can grow it at the family's cider farm. Giles Wood, 68, from Dorset, ...

GOTTFRIED LEIBNIZ, MATHEMATICIAN: When Isaac first explained his theory of gravity to me, I remember being impressed. Not by the theory, which, as far as I could tell, was basically that stuff falls ...

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This week marks the 328th anniversary of the publication of “Principia,” Sir Isaac Newton’s groundbreaking work detailing, among other concepts, his laws of motions and universal gravitation. But ...

Isaac Newton is known for his work in science, mainly for his findings in physics and mathematics, as well as for developing the theory of gravity. He also had an obsession for interpreting prophecies ...

Here’s what you’ll learn when you read this story: Einstein’s Theory of General Relativity, an immensely important update to Newton's Law of Universal Gravitation, is currently our best approximation ...

More than 100 years after Albert Einstein published his iconic theory of general relativity, it is beginning to show signs of age. Now, following the most comprehensive test of general relativity yet ...