• Question: who invented gravity

    Asked by nest490eta on 13 Jul 2023.
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      Bruno Silvester Lopes answered on 13 Jul 2023:

      Newton

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      Sophie Shaw answered on 13 Jul 2023:

      Gravity wasn’t invented, it’s a natural thing that happens due to physics. Isaac Newton was the scientist who worked this out!

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      Edward Guy answered on 13 Jul 2023: last edited 13 Jul 2023 12:22 pm

      Here’s an important thing to remember as a scientist: if it already existed before (like gravity did), it was discovered, not invented. Sir Isaac Newton was the first person to realise that, for an apple to drop from a tree, there must be a force acting on it. That force is now called gravity, so Newton gets the recognition for discovering it (and that is also why his name is now used as a unit of force… the Newton)

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      Hannah Scholes answered on 13 Jul 2023:

      Gravity wasn’t so much invented as it was discovered. It’s always been there.. Isaac Newton was the one who discovered it and figured out how it worked. 🙂

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      Cheryl Williams answered on 13 Jul 2023:

      Isaac Newton discovered it.

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      Clare Morrow answered on 14 Jul 2023:

      Gravity is a natural thing on earth – however it was discovered and given a name by Newton

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      Kip Heath answered on 20 Jul 2023:

      Discovered by Isaac Newton! 🙂

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