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The Eureka Years

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on BBC Radio 4 FM

New series 1/4. Adam Hart-Davis explores spectacular years in the history of science, when brilliant ideas emerged from the maelstrom of mad, band and dangerous thinking...
1665. A young Isaac Newton retreats to the isolation of Lincolnshire to escape the plague. Sitting in the family garden, he watches an apple fall and unlocks the secrets of gravity - or does he? Hart-Davis explores the truth behind the famous moment in the history of science and discovers that Newton wrote his own account more than 40 years after the supposed event. Producer John Byrne
Adam Hart Davis on the discoveries of 1665: page 26

Contributors

Unknown:
Adam Hart-Davis
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Isaac Newton
Producer:
John Byrne
Producer:
Adam Hart Davis
Source: Radio Times

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