题目
Now enters a surprising character. The person who popularized the apple story, was none other than the well-known French writer and philosopher Voltaire. Due to his outspoken views, in 1726 he was forcibly exiled to England where he spent the next three years. Newton died in 1727 so Voltaire would have been familiar with the many discoveries made by him. Voltaire was also acquainted with Newton's niece, Catherine Barton. Newton was a bachelor and she had a greed to manage his London home; therefore she would have been familiar with the apple story, which she related to Voltaire.
Voltaire sided with Newton in Newton's bitter fights with Leibnitz. In Candide, Voltaire ridiculed Leibnitz. The character Dr.Pangloss, who went about insisting that we live in the "best of all possible worlds", was Voltaire's version of Leibnitz.
We might chalk Vohaire's apple story up to "partisan license". But it' you've ever done anything creative, you'll recognize the plausibility of the apple story. You'll remember your own moment when some small and commonplace event revealed a great troth to you. That's the way creativity works.
Which of the following is true about Newton's Principia?
A.Newton was motivated to write the Principia after he saw the apple fell.
B.The Law of Universal Gravitation was originally included in the Principia.
C.Newton began to form. the idea of the Principia when he was a college student.
D.The Law of Universal Gravitation was formulated long before the Principia.
第1题
Cambridge is the first-oldest university in the English-speaking world。()
第2题
A.A.Right
B.B.Wrong
C.C.Not mentioned
第3题
A.1207
B.1208
C.1209
D.1210
第4题
A.Elsevier
B.Cambridge University Press和Oxford University Press
C.Clarivate
D.Springer Nature
第5题
A.economy
B.economic
C.economist
D.economics
第6题
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) is a private research university located in Cambridge, U.K..()
第7题
A.University of Cambridge
B.University of Oxford
C.King's College London
D.University College London
第8题
A.Elsevier
B.Cambridge University Press和Oxford University Press
C.Clarivate
D.Springer Nature
第9题
A.Elsevier
B.Cambridge University Press和Oxford University Press
C.Clarivate
D.Springer Nature
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