gravitation
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Newton wrote the law of universal gravitation, inspired by a falling apple.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 5, 2026
Jones did it by showing that Ricardo had made these universal rules that he said were as certain as the principle of gravitation.
From Salon ● Feb. 1, 2025
"The challenge of unifying quantum mechanics with the theory of gravitation remains one of the most pressing unsolved problems in physics," said co-author Benjamin Jones, associate professor of physics.
From Science Daily ● May 2, 2024
While TV station owners are enjoying the changing tide by picking up valuable sports programming, they know the audience’s gravitation to streaming is not going to reverse.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 11, 2023
If there is less than a certain critical amount of matter in the universe, the gravitation of the receding galaxies will be insufficient to stop the expansion, and the universe will run away forever.
From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan
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