Early Life
The color of the fruit associated with Newton's contemplation of gravity, leading to his insights about the laws of motion
What is red?
The safety feature present in the automotive industry that was inspired by Newton's Third Law of Motion whose purpose is for protecting passengers during collisions
What are airbags/seatbelts?
The two aspects of force that are inversely proportial
What are acceleration and mass?
The mathematical concept that Isaac Newton and Gottfriend Wilhelm Leibniz individually developed in the 17th century
The color of light that Newton identified as the composite of all colors of light
The name of the college where the apple tree was located and also the place where Isaac Newton happened to graduate from
What is Trinity College at the University of Cambridge?
A game that employs strategic thinking and physics-based principles and involves building a structure using Newton's Laws of Motion
What is Jenga?
The person who pioneered the belief that objects in motion require continuous force to stay in motion prior to Newton's publication of the Laws of Motion
The derivative of position with respect to time in calculus, also known as an object's instantaneous speed
What is velocity?
One of Newton's inventions with the purpose of improving the previous design by Galileo
What was the reflecting telescope?
The scientific society that promoted the advancement of knowledge for which Newton was a member of
What was the Royal Society of London?
This part of the English rock band Pink Floyd's The Dark Side of the Moon (1973) is inspired by Newton's experiments with light and optics
What is Pink Floyd's album cover?
The piece of modern(ish) technology that uses Newton's discovery of light dispersion through prisms?
What are rainbow-colored CDs and DVDs?
Modern technology or scientific theories that rely on concepts from Newtonian calculus
- Computer Algorithms
- Physics Simulations
- Economic models
- Engineering designs using calculus for analysis/optimization
The name of Newton's groundbreaking work on physics published in 1687?
What is Principia Mathematica?