Piece of Newton's Apple Tree to Escape Gravity on Space Shuttle

Monday, May 10, 2010 - 10:00 in Mathematics & Economics

A piece of the apple tree that helped British scientist Sir Isaac Newton explain the tug of Earth's gravity and laws of motion in the 17th century is about to escape that gravitational pull when it launches into space this week.

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