Sign up to save your podcasts
Or
Share Isaac Newton | The Gravity of Good Friends
Share to email
Share to Facebook
Share to X
Share to email
Share to Facebook
Share to X
Or
Isaac Newton | The Gravity of Good Friends
Sir Isaac Newton is best known for coming up with the theory of gravity while relaxing in his orchard, thanks to an apple that fell beside him one afternoon – helping him to unravel one of the universe's great mysteries.
But that story is only a small part of the tale...
Heather Birkett delves into one of the greatest minds of all time. Discover how a friendship with astronomer Edmund Halley helped to bring Isaac's ideas to the world and beyond.
[Ad from our sponsor]
This episode is supported by Blue Diamond Garden Centres. Fill your space with beauty and heritage with a collection of bulbs, seeds and plants, curated by Blue Diamond Garden Centres working with National Trust gardeners. A minimum of 10% of the retail selling price will be given to support the National Trust’s conservation work and ambitions to plant and establish 20 million trees by 2030.
https://www.bluediamond.gg/national-trust
Production
Host: Heather Birkett
Producers: Jack Glover and Michelle Douglass
Sound Design: Jesus Gomez
Discover more
This episode continues the story from a previous release 'Pips in Space | Featuring Tim Peake'. You could listen to that episode and hear more about the Newton Trees:
https://bit.ly/NTPod81
Find out more about Woolsthorpe Manor
www.nationaltrust.org.uk/visit/nottinghamshire-lincolnshire/woolsthorpe-manor
Read a biography about Sir Issac Newton
www.newtonproject.ox.ac.uk/
If you'd like to get in touch with feedback, or have a story connected with the National Trust, you can contact us at [email protected]
View all episodes
By National Trust Podcasts
4.8
9393 ratings
Sir Isaac Newton is best known for coming up with the theory of gravity while relaxing in his orchard, thanks to an apple that fell beside him one afternoon – helping him to unravel one of the universe's great mysteries.
But that story is only a small part of the tale...
Heather Birkett delves into one of the greatest minds of all time. Discover how a friendship with astronomer Edmund Halley helped to bring Isaac's ideas to the world and beyond.
[Ad from our sponsor]
This episode is supported by Blue Diamond Garden Centres. Fill your space with beauty and heritage with a collection of bulbs, seeds and plants, curated by Blue Diamond Garden Centres working with National Trust gardeners. A minimum of 10% of the retail selling price will be given to support the National Trust’s conservation work and ambitions to plant and establish 20 million trees by 2030.
https://www.bluediamond.gg/national-trust
Production
Host: Heather Birkett
Producers: Jack Glover and Michelle Douglass
Sound Design: Jesus Gomez
Discover more
This episode continues the story from a previous release 'Pips in Space | Featuring Tim Peake'. You could listen to that episode and hear more about the Newton Trees:
https://bit.ly/NTPod81
Find out more about Woolsthorpe Manor
www.nationaltrust.org.uk/visit/nottinghamshire-lincolnshire/woolsthorpe-manor
Read a biography about Sir Issac Newton
www.newtonproject.ox.ac.uk/
If you'd like to get in touch with feedback, or have a story connected with the National Trust, you can contact us at [email protected]
More shows like National Trust Podcast | Coming Soon: Wild Tales
View all
Scotland Outdoors
237 Listeners
Ramblings
159 Listeners
Gardeners' Question Time
276 Listeners
Gardeners' Corner
97 Listeners
The Kitchen Cabinet
110 Listeners
Gardening with the RHS
249 Listeners
The Plodcast
101 Listeners
The English Heritage Podcast
208 Listeners
Folk on Foot
63 Listeners
BBC Gardeners’ World Magazine Podcast
296 Listeners
As the Season Turns
204 Listeners
grow, cook, eat, arrange with Sarah Raven & friends
200 Listeners
A Life More Wild
16 Listeners
Waterlands
7 Listeners
Talking Gardens
42 Listeners
Ranger Rae and the Wildlifers | National Trust Kids' Podcast
8 Listeners