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After graduating in 1665, Newton planned to study for a master's degree, but the university was closed due to an outbreak of the plague. He returned to his home village for 18 months, during which time he did most of the thinking that led to his later work on gravitation and optics. This was also when the apple incident is said to have occurred. Newton's first biographer claimed he heard the story from the man himself.
1665年牛頓從大學(xué)畢業(yè)后,打算攻讀碩士學(xué)位,但大學(xué)卻由于鼠疫的爆發(fā)而關(guān)閉。他回到家鄉(xiāng)呆了18個(gè)月,他以后在萬(wàn)有引力與光學(xué)方面的研究大部分是在這個(gè)時(shí)期蘊(yùn)釀構(gòu)思完成的。據(jù)說(shuō)著名的“蘋(píng)果事件”也是在這段時(shí)期發(fā)生的。第一個(gè)撰寫(xiě)牛頓傳記的作家聲稱他是從牛頓本人口中聽(tīng)到這個(gè)故事的。
(短文節(jié)選,本篇始于:大科學(xué)家牛頓)