Isaac Newton and the Universal Law of Gravity - Shaiona

Newton appears to be very religious by his constant references to the bible. I believe that Newton felt that he had to prove how intelligent he was and also craved his mother's pride. He attempted to prove how smart he was and challenged those who brlieved that they were smarter than him. Isaac Newton's law of gravity began when he questioned what made apples fall straight down to the Earth's surface. I find it interesting that he believed that there were two realms; the earthly and the heavenly, that he tried to find the relationship between the two. Newton believed that there was a force that pulled the moon away from the Earth and the Earth's pull balanced out to create the gravitational force. I still wonder what made Newton think about the Earth and space being a force of nature as a whole. What makes these mathematicians think about what makes things in nature occur. I cannot believe that this whole idea began with just an apple falling off of a tree =]