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Paolo Woods

It’s believed that this apple tree, resting near the family home of Sir Issac Newton in Lincolnshire, England, is where he sat and famously witnessed a falling apple that provided inspiration for his theory of gravity. The encompassing Woolsthorpe Manor offers special events and exhibits the scientist’s research journals.

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