Newtonian Apples
Posted by Nicole Sharp on 21 April 2006 at 10:03For once, reading the Case Daily was worthwhile:
"President Edward Hundert and Provost John Anderson will dedicate a very special apple tree on campus in ceremonies at 12:30 p.m. on Arbor Day - April 28 - on the Case Quad between Adelbert Hall and the Rockefeller Building. The tree, already planted, is a direct descendant of the one legendarily used by Sir Isaac Newton in stating his theory of gravity. The tree was donated to Case by Arden Bement, director of the National Science Foundation and former Case adjunct faculty member. Refreshments of apple cider and Fig Newtons will be served. For more information, contact eric.dicken@case.edu, or at 368-3189." #
I may have to check that out next Friday (if I'm not going to the Honors ceremony), both for the sheer geekiness of it and for the apple cidar.
(No, fresh, homemade apple cidar for nine months out of the year was not an influence on my decision to attend Cornell for graduate school. Really.)