Home
Class 9
PHYSICS
It is said that when Newton was sitting ...

It is said that when Newton was sitting under a tree, an apple fell on him. The fall of the apple made Newton to think.
What did he think?

Text Solution

Verified by Experts

He thought that if the earth can attract an apple, can it not attract the moon.
Doubtnut Promotions Banner Mobile Dark
|

Topper's Solved these Questions

  • GRAVITATION

    NAND LAL PUBLICATION|Exercise Additional Questions (Long Answer Type Questions)|1 Videos

  • GRAVITATION

    NAND LAL PUBLICATION|Exercise Additional Questions (Very Short Answer Type Questions)|3 Videos

  • FORCE AND LAWS OF MOTION

    NAND LAL PUBLICATION|Exercise Additional Questions (Short Answer Questions)|8 Videos

  • MOTION

    NAND LAL PUBLICATION|Exercise ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS (Short Answer Type Question) |1 Videos

Similar Questions

Explore conceptually related problems

It is said that when Newton was sitting under a tree, an apple fell on him. The fall of the apple made Newton to think. What did he realize?

Some of the most profound statements on the nature of science have come from Albert Einstein, one of the greatest scientists of all time. What do you think did Einstein mean when he said : "The most incomprehensible thing about the world is that it is comprehensible"?

How many times did you fall ill in the last one year? What were the illnesses ? Think of one change you could make in your habits in order to avoid any of/most of the above illnesses.

Agreat physicist of this century (RA.M. Dirac) loved playing with numerical values of Fundamental constants of nature. This led him to an interesting observation. Dirac found that from the basic constants of atomic physics (c, e, mass of electron, mass of proton) and the gravitational constant G, he could arrive at a number with the dimension of time. Further, it was a very large number, its magnitude being close to the present estimate on the age of the universe (~15 billion years) . From the table of fundamental constants in this book, try to see if you too can construct this number (or any other interesting number you can think of). If its coincidence with the age of the universe were significant, what would this imply for the constancy of fundamental constants ?

How many times did you fall ill in the last one year? What were the illnesses ? Think of one change you would wish for in your surroundings in order to avoid any of/most of the above illnesses.

Home
Profile