This refers to an old post of Seth Godin's. In that he says that Newton did not discover gravity, he just named it.
What aboout Newton's Laws of Motion? Surely Newton did not name motion. He discovered, or formulated, the laws.
So too would it not be correct to say he discovered, or formulated, the Laws of Gravitation?
The story of the apple falling on his head is possibly apocryphal. It took genius to see that the force that pulled the apple also kept the moon in orbit
Note: Seth's post was on 02Dec2008. He does not allow comments. Instead asks you to blog. That has what got me into blogging - after my usual procrastination. Thanks Seth.
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