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Did an apple fall from a tree and hit Issac Newton on the head thus prompting the great physicist to discover the law of gravity?
Almost certainly not.
But watching a falling apple did concentrate his mind and lead him, during the late 1660's, to formulate the theory that gravity operates in an inverse-square proportion. If this was true, Newton deduced that it would be possible to predict the planet's orbital periods. He therefore named the force "universal gravitation".
January 4th is Newton's birthday and to mark the occasion Google has unveiled a new style homepage which features an animation of the falling apple.
Google has previously used a number of "Google Doodles" to mark various anniversaries, but this appears to be the first time it's used an animation. It also appears to be the first time the doodle has appeared on Google globally (not just on selected national Google pages)
For the technically minded it's a Java script which drives the animation (apparently)!
Back to Newton's apple; a number of different trees are supposed to be the one which Newton observed. But a descendant of the most likely tree is kept at the National Fruit Collection at Brogdale near Faversham in Kent which sells seedlings of it.
Graham Majin is Head of Video Marketing at Kent digital agency www.kershmedia.co.uk and www.kwikvid.com
