gravitational effects on fruit

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research problem

Available identifiers

MaRDI QIDQ6684656 FDOQ6684656

studying how fruits are falling from trees, which supposedly inspired Newton's law of gravitation

Also known as Falling Apples

Cartoon depicting the famous speculative story about Isaac Newton, how he might have discovered the law of gravitation: Seeing a falling apple while watching the moon he realizes that both (earthly and celestial) objects are subject to the same force: gravitation.

List of models for this research problem

free fall model (vacuum), free fall model (air drag), free fall model (non-uniform gravitation)

Further items linking to gravitational effects on fruit

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