Submitted by maugustus t3_zyricz in askscience
GrinningPariah t1_j298ni7 wrote
Reply to comment by Navvana in Before Newton, how did people explain falling apples? by maugustus
Newton wasn't the first to think the Earth was pulling on the apple. He was the first to realize the apple was pulling on the Earth too.
Denziloe t1_j29kt82 wrote
And that the same force from the Earth was pulling on the moon. His was a theory of universal gravitation. Universal is the important idea.
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