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BBC - iWonder - Isaac Newton: The man who discovered gravity  When Cambridge University was closed because of the plague, Newton was forced to ... With his mother on her deathbed, he returned home to Woolsthorpe and .... Now Newton saw a way to triumph over his intellectual nemesis. ... The story of the falling apple has became part of the mythology that surrounds Newton, as...
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Early life of Isaac Newton - Wikipedia  The following article is part of an in-depth biography of Isaac Newton, the English ... When Newton was three, his mother remarried and went to live with her new ... August 1665, the University closed down as a precaution against the Great Plague. ... studies at his home in Woolsthorpe over the subsequent two years saw the...
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9 Things You May Not Know About Isaac Newton - History Lists  Jul 15, 2015 ... Newton's mother went to live with her new husband in another ... because the daily walk from Woolsthorpe Manor was too long. ... In 1665, following an outbreak of the bubonic plague in England, Cambridge University closed its doors, ... While sitting in the garden there one day, he saw an apple fall from a...
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Isaac Newton - Galileo and Einstein  In 1642, the year Galileo died, Isaac Newton was born in Woolsthorpe, Lincolnshire, ... for Isaac to go to university, so in 1661 he went up to Trinity College, Cambridge. ... Unfortunately, at that time the plague was spreading across Europe, and ... The university closed, and Newton returned home, where he spent two years...
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Isaac Newton's Old School - Cambridge Years  ... in August 1665, the University closed down as a precaution against the plague. Newton ... It was whilst he was at home in Woolsthorpe that the idea of universal gravitation occurred to him, it is said, whilst watching an apple drop to the floor in his garden. ... Newton was M.P. for Cambridge University, 1689-90 and 1701-2.
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jeopardy/1393_Qs.txt at master  jedoublen/jeopardy  GitHub  APPLES | In Altdorf, Switzerland a statue marks the spot where he shot an apple off his son's head | William Tell. right: Sue. Wrong: Value: $100. Number: 26.
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The Fall of the House of Usher by Edgar Allan Poe - Poestories.com  ... to think --what was it that so unnerved me in the contemplation of the House of Usher? ... The writer spoke of acute bodily illness --of a mental disorder which...
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The history of Newton's apple tree - University of York  Nov 8, 2010 ... garden at Woolsthorpe in the early part of the last century are then discussed, and the ... preserved at Woolsthorpe to testify to it to this day. (The .... companion and housekeeper while he lived in London ... apple, as he sat in a contemplative mood. .... Royal Astronomical Society, is a piece of an apple tree at.
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The Fall of the House of Usher - Wikipedia  "The Fall of the House of Usher" is a short story by Edgar Allan Poe first published in 1839. ... It is revealed that Roderick's twin sister, Madeline, is also ill and falls into ... entombed for two weeks in the family tomb located in the house before being ... name Mr. and Mrs. Luke Usher, the friends and fellow actors of his mother...
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Westminster Abbey  Sir Isaac Newton  He became Master of the Mint in 1699 and was knighted in April 1705. ... optics, mechanics, and astronomy place him at the very forefront of all scientists. ... Newton died unmarried at Kensington on 20 March 1727 and was buried in Westminster Abbey ... Newton's grave is in front of the choir screen, close to his monument.
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A Brief History of Christ Church - University of Oxford  Cardinal Thomas Wolsey obtained a bull from the Pope for the dissolution of the Augustinian ... The demolition of all the buildings on the site began in 1525, with the .... college and the university were to pay dearly for its loyalty to the Crown. .... Peckwater Quadrangle with its nine staircases was opened in 1707, Staircase IX...
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The Plague - Wikipedia  The Plague (French: La Peste) is a novel by Albert Camus, published in 1947, that tells the ... Asthma Patient: the asthma patient receives regular visits from Dr. Rieux. .... The main character, Dr. Bernard Rieux, lives comfortably in an apartment building ... As the death toll begins to rise, more desperate measures are taken.
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Fruit Quotes | Foodimentary - National Food Holidays  How many apples fell on Newton's head before he took the hint? ... Robert Frost (1874-1963) ... Robert Schuller, evangelist ... I remember his burlesque pretense that morning of an inextinguishable grief when I wonder that I had never eaten...
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The Life of Sir Isaac Newton (1642-1727) - Luminarium  Jun 27, 2000 ... In 1665 Newton took his bachelor's degree at Cambridge without honors or distinction. Since the university was closed for the next two years because of plague, Newton returned to Woolsthorpe in ... In April 1667, Newton returned to Cambridge and, against stiff odds, was elected a minor fellow at Trinity.
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Newton biography - University of St Andrews  Biography of Isaac Newton (1643-1727) ... Although by the calendar in use at the time of his birth he was born on Christmas .... publication of a full account of his optical researches until after the death of Hooke in 1703. .... In 1703 he was elected president of the Royal Society and was re-elected each year until his death.
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The Apple, the Moon, and the Inverse Square Law  Newton knew that there must be some sort of force that governed the heavens; for the ... of all heavenly motion was instigated when he was struck in the head by an apple while lying ... In this case, the cannonball would still fall below its straight-line tangential path and eventually drop to earth. .... You have to interact with it!
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Galileo Galilei  While studying at the university, bored of medicine, he discovered something that ... In 1589, at age 25, Galileo was given the position of lecturer in math at the ... he left Pisa and became professor of mathematics at the University of Padau near...
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Did Newton Really Have an Apple Fall on His Head, Inspiring Him to ...  Oct 22, 2013 ... Kerry asks: Did an apple really fall on Newton's head? ... Since literally none of the latter three stories here are true (follow the preceding links for full details), you probably have your doubts about whether Newton actually sat under ... from my other studies to think on these things & for his dogmaticalness in...
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7 December 1967: The Apple Boutique opens | The Beatles Bible  It was located at 94 Baker Street, London. ... We're thinking of opening a chain of retail clothes,' or some barmy thing like that. And we ... It was, however, a commercial failure and closed within eight months. ... The Beatles ended up giving away the shop's remaining stock when the Apple Boutique closed on 31 July 1968.
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Pen Computing Magazine: Why did Apple kill the Newton?  Early Friday morning, February 27, 1998, Apple Computer made official what ... strongly suspected for six months: the Newton handheld computing platform was dead. ... pen-based computing device that would accompany you everywhere, and ... them was the handwriting recognition aspect, which was over-emphasized.
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jeopardy/1269_Qs.txt at master  jedoublen/jeopardy  GitHub  COLONISTS | You have to "owe it" to Oglethorpe; he wanted GA. to be a haven for men imprisoned for this crime in England | Having a debt. right: Kristen.