How did Isaac Newton really discover gravity - apple or comet? BBC science

[yochanan121]

F=Gm1m2/d2

[ZombieBunny501]

i think i was the comet because a falling apple would be too common for him notice gravity

[MultiNata16]

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[tfornara]

This is a really awesome playlist

[MrTheHobbits]

@ZelatoUK That's absolute fact but he did not ''Discover'' he found the Area America so the big question is. Why does people say he ''Discovered''

[ZelatorUK]

Issac Newton did not "discover" gravity, it was already there, the same way Christopher fucking Columbus did not "discover" America.

[ProjectPiXL]

It was neither comet or apple, it was pc world.

[PS3sMRd123]

@ProjectPiXL loolololololo

[SquirrellOFC]

I find this hard to masturbate to.

[thefranciswatts]

He discovered it through geometry. Optics was based in geometry, Planetary motion was geometry (described by kepler) and alchemy was based on geometry.

His calculus is just a mathematical representation of the geometry.

[makelle]

There are many experiments(phenomena) that depend on gravity and therefore can be used to demonstrate gravity; one of them is simply jumping up and down. However to explain gravity one must develop the necessary concepts; e.g. force and laws governing motion.

[makelle]

Newton didn't discover gravity he mathematically proved the that gravity is a force inversely proportional to the distance squared between two bodies. He also invented the mathematics that enabled him to prove this fact from his three laws of motion.

Kepler studied observations Tycho Brahe made and concluded that a planet's movement about the sun could be described if one assumes that its motion is elliptical. From this he also derived his laws which are valid under certain restrictions.

[msam1970]

Kepler proved gravity 100 years before. and so did Galileo. Newton gets the credit, to cover his other mathematical works. Accuracy in Accounting. Accounting for history.

For Historical accounts are corrupted. And Newton proved this with calendari-cal accuracy. All the other stuff is movie story junk to take your mind off the real words from Newtons mind and manuscripts. His conflicts with the powers that be on earth. And the Political Gravity of this on all things inherent to it. Deceived heis

[bradengels]

The gravity was recognized by the apple falling down from the tree and will be completely understand with the tree outside down but that does not fall because is hang from the roots.The rout of the tree 're outside the universe view,the origin or the base of gravity is outside the universe perpendicular with our universe which keep the galaxies, stars, planets and everything that is in the universe to be hanged floating look like from this power of gravity"

[nickharvey7]

Very Interesting video!! video on Isaac Newton are always interesting he must have linked this to how an apple falls

[Introspective91]

Damn British people always make things sound so damn cool!

[gtamafia2500]

If Isaac Newton discovered gravity by the falling of an apple, then why didn't he find when he was shitting? Either way, both of them fall! xD

[soom66]

@gtamafia2500 that is coz u have never been to a high school or you are a failure coz if you weren't you'd actually know that the bowel movement is caused by a nautral movement in body called Peristalsis. so even if u were in space or something ur bowel movement is the same has nothing to do with gravity perhaps ur school should have taught u that before u having the audacity to question the incredible Genius brain of Sir Isaac Newton. Have a good day.

[gtamafia2500]

@soom66 Hey, thanks a lot for that! I really had this doubt you know and no, Im not a failure, infact im the topper! and yeh, thanks for clearing it. When I asked my teacher the same question, he had no reply so yeah. I'm 14.

Good day mate. :-)

[hyungsup2]

@soom66 WTF does the bowel movement got to do with gravity?

If you shit in the toilet it goes down the toilet and not up in someone's mouth.

That's why in the space station, they have a machine similar to vacuum cleaner to suck up scientists' shit so that they don't have to keep eating crap.

Don't call someone a failure.

[Creativinity7]

Is he reading Latin? IS HE READING THAT TOME IN LATIN?

[zixerqwert]

He gave Gravity a proper definition, obviously feeling gravity is the same as discovering something is there as probably some people did in the past. Isaac was a genius and i do believe he was smarter than Einstein as Einstein focused on one thing and imagined but call me whatever you want..creating your own maths? that has to be truly the most amazing thing, i mean come on..inventing calculus..there is no doubt. i would say stephen hawking is the worst scientist in the list as he is nothing.

[siraj08]

actually newton did not discover gravity.. because simply to say even before his birth 1000s of years ago they were big or small structures( ex : pyramid) build on our earth.. and without the knowledge of gravity no one would have ever designed these buildings or structures.. so it is insane to say that gravity was discovered by newton ..humans knew this gravity long long long time before he discoverd it.....

[basketballakev]

@siraj08 But he defined gravity in a scientific context. Fascinating and remarkable IMO.

[siraj08]

@basketballakev may be we can say that he discovered gravity to europeans and english... but surely not for the first time to this world....but also may be he gave a defintion of gravity to the western world...

[daviesman90]

According to Newton's biographers, the apple story is false. The apple story was made up by Voltaire. Why did Voltaire make up such a stupid story? No frickin idea...

[frodonet]

Newton is probably the most popular guy in the past, present or future

[qed100]

The role of the story of the falling apple, even if it's just a myth, is to make plain what Newton realized about the nature of gravity, which is that the same force which makes mundane things like apples drop to the ground is the same force which holds celestial bodies in their orbits. Of course everyone knew there was such a thing as gravitation before Newton. Newton generalized the gravity everyone deals with to the gravity in the Heavens, making them one and the same thing.

[qed100]

Newton's musings on the Comet are recorded in his book, the Principia. It's pretty much the way this BBC documentary describes it. The importance of the comet observations is that it gave Newton the case of an orbit with a very great eccentricity, whereas all the major planets have small eccentricities. The Comet was a way of testing his theory of gravity under a larger extreme than he could otherwise.

[granddad2002]

The folklore of such great men... Like the Leaning tower of Pisa and The Lead Shot... Newton's Apple is a beloved anecdote for lay people to recite about a great event in science. But the comet story seems to ground Newton into historical fact.

[rautry05]

How can someone take credit for discovering gravity. Were people floating before he did? smh

[cryotimber]

@rautry05 That's not necessarily it. Yes, we all KNEW that we were pretty much glued to the Earth, but Isaac was the first to really wonder what kept us here and what its properties were.

[Lily2U1515]

@rautry05 "floating" intellectually, yes, physically, no. Discovery, in this context is more akin to "defining" rather than "utilizing." The earth revolved around the sun before Copernicus defined the orbits of the solar system. The Americas existed prior to the explorers "discovering" them. Or, in other words Newton discovered gravity, he did not "invent" it.

[Lily2U1515]

@rautry05 i understand your point, but most folks i know don't plug divinity into discovery. 

[TalesOfWar]

@rautry05 And white. Don't forget that bit!

[Lily2U1515]

@TalesOfWar I heard a story about that guy, but i don't think he discovered anything, lol. now that I think of it Copernicus is a better choice for the son of a supreme being, no?

[Lily2U1515]

@rautry05 yeah, no, i wouldn't, i don't think you really would, you are just having fun with me no? We are alright for our discussion you and I. I love the civil people of youtube. thank you

[Lily2U1515]

@rautry05 actually you are also misconstruing the definition of discover, yes as a matter of fact you can discover something other people have already known about. if you or your group don't know about it, then when you find it you can discover it.,discover- to see, get knowledge of, learn of, find, or find out; gain sight or knowledge of

[1104572]

i do'nt think newton discovered gravity as indian intellectuals earlier have claimed it, somehow i still admire him & science & always...

[itubeyoudont]

Uhh... I'm sorry BBC, but.... DOES IT REALLY MATTER HOW HE DISCOVERED IT?!

[ProfessorMacintosh]

I strongly doubt that he was the first one to discover gravity, although he was probably the first one who didn't take it for granted!

[JamesThWilliams]

How come no one ever mentions that he co-invented calculus, which is what he used to determine how bodies moved through space.

[OmegaPuppy]

Newton isolated himself for 18 months in the 1660's. He had partially developed his theory of gravity and made calculus during this time. He never fully worked it out (and I think even lost interest) until he saw the comet in 1680. When he saw it, he fully worked his theory out and made it into the Principia a few years later. Just saying that to clear it up that the comet is NOT the sole thing that gave Newton the entire idea of gravity. He came up with the idea within the depths of his mind.

[JamesThWilliams]

@OmegaPuppy

It was a forced sabatical by the university, he never took time off, so he invented calculus for fun. He was a tortured soul as well due to frauds like hook trying to take credit for his work.

[MrBoomSonic]

Do the earth really have gravity or centrifugal forces???? I believe gravity had never exist at all.....But what force that exist is actually Centrifugal forces caused by the rotation of the earth.......

[chobrocoli]

@MrBoomSonic I believe it is actually caused by the existence of a kind of omnipotent rubber band.

[JamesThWilliams]

@MrBoomSonic

It would be best if you studied physics, once you have you will understand why you are wrong.

[StanleyDonwood]

Who gives a fuck how he really discovered it? Is the answer going to pleasure you at nighttime? Noooo

[paulcnee]

Be challenging to all you hear and see that is not a fact or not clearly the TRUTH. Great marketing but typical poor, unchecked journalism of today.

[paulcnee]

This BBC documentary is a great example of how a writer can create excitement to a listener by emphasizing a small unchecked detail and then formalizing a conspiracy type theory around an assumed conclusion. Simple boring research shows, Isaac Newton identified gravity in 1666 with the falling of an apple from a tree and further formalized this discovery of Gravity in 1681 with the sighting of the comet.

[brigittetresbelle]

Dandylions discovered gravity 200 million years ago, and they still use it today.

If Newton had learned to speak 'dandylion' he would have got there sooner.

The human race is truly arrogant!

[ununpentium115]

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[chocolatemoomilk]

Ah it doesnt matter he figured it out.

[aashay2009aashay]

newton discovered gravity when he saw an apple falling ?? ask that bastard when he did latrine , did it go upside ??? bloody liar

[giriisindahouse]

That old nerd tried to explain well

[jquindel]

ya this is true. that book he is reading from is the "Principia Mathematica" which was th most famous bookever published by Isaac Newton and ive read that part of it so all you teachers out there... ,,l,, haha! your all fucking wrong!!!!!

[ginuwine19]

does anyone know what music is playing in the background.

[bball0406]

Interesting! Why did they decide to use an apple tree instead of an orange tree? :(

[MrThund3r]

is this real anot??

[DaAfterburner]

haha, mythbusters !

i always knew an apple wouldn't provoke such a legendary thought.

fuck all the teachers who bullshit about an apple falling down.

[RandomFans]

On wikipedia it said he discovered gravity because of an apple falling upon his head.

[chucknorris44444444]

lol.... anyone can edit wikipedia and if it sounds reasonable they will keep it

[ChrisAdams1985]

This is true, the Apple was decided later by his publicists, this was all marketing issue and how to make story more interesting

[Ayekantou]

Wrong !! He made the discovery right out of school between 1664 and 1666 while studing the Bible and preparing for the end of time in 1666. He later decided 2064 as the end of time. Read his books.

[formericeman]

comet .. seems to make more sense to his discovery....i'll bet the apple was added in later to please the church...( they don't seem to like apples )

good luck to all those who seek the truth.. lets hope we find it..

[ogirv101]

Either way Isaac Newton was the greatest scientist and intellectual of all time, comet or apple, though I personally prefer the Apple.

[Chaosnthebigscene]

blinks an eye. - 0.

[RoJi531]

damn they tell us now that it was a comet???

hello??? i made a stupid project about him and i made the apple fall from a tree!!!!

CRAP!!!

[plzignoremethanx]

lol i remember that ..it took you 20 years just to grow that apple tree =/

[halitosis321]

nice to know for my humanities test.

[KURDinEXILE]

"Nature and Nature's Laws lay hid in Night;

God said, Let Newton be! and all was Light."

Alexander Pope.

[volintine]

nice background song

[peacefullmannnn]

a comet ? how about the apple everybody talk about?

[Evenindeath6]

ok then why the fuck did they tell us he saw a freaking Apple falling from a tree?

[sysexit]

do you believe everything you hear? I suggest you believe only half, and work from there :)

[ThePeopleAtThedoor]

intresting

[grunditgnome]

quite fascinating

[sverma84]

his glasses were crooked 5/5!