May 25, 2018 04:58 pm | Updated June 23, 2018 05:14 pm IST
Royal Society librarian Keith Moore holds the manuscript of “Memoirs of Sir Isaac Newton” by William Stukeley, pointing to the word ‘gravitation’, in London on January 15, 2010. An 18th-century account of how a falling piece of fruit helped Isaac Newton develop the theory of gravity was posted to the Web on January 18, 2010, making scans of the fragile paper manuscript widely available to the public for the first time.
Comments have to be in English, and in full sentences. They cannot be abusive or personal. Please abide by our community guidelines for posting your comments.
We have migrated to a new commenting platform. If you are already a registered user of The Hindu and logged in, you may continue to engage with our articles. If you do not have an account please register and login to post comments. Users can access their older comments by logging into their accounts on Vuukle.