Newton's Apple Fable
The fable of Newton's apple provided a unique insight into the Earth's relation to the moon and a secular fable with which to recast the story of Adam and Eve.
Folksonomies: secular fable scripture
Newton Saw that the Moon is Falling
One had to be a Newton to see that the Moon is falling, when everyone sees that it doesn\'t. - Paul Valery
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One had to be a Newton to see that the Moon is falling, when everyone sees that it doesn\'t. - Paul Valery
Newton's Apple Gave New Meaning to the Garden of Eden Story
Part of the power of the story was that it replaced the sacred Biblical account of the Fall from Innocence in Genesis (Eve and the apple) with a secular parable of the Ascent to Knowledge. See Patricia Fara, Newton: The Making of Genius (2005); and for a broad visionary perspective, Jacob Bronowski’s scientific classic The Ascent of Man (1973).
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The apple bequeathed knowledge to man in the secular fable of Newton observing the apple drop.
Folksonomies: secular fable scripture adam and eve
