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Re: Apples
| dlzc | 30 Oct 2006 14:32 |
Dear Barry:
> Physics has a lot to say about why and how apples
> fall from trees. It's quite common to see apples drawn
> in physics texts - often on the cover. Much
> importance seems to be attached to them.
They help keep the doctor away.
> But I haven't managed to find any physics texts that
> have much to say about why and how the apples
> climb trees in the first place.
>
> Can anybody give me a reference?
This is why doctors are kept away... they fear falling apples.
> It's been suggested to me, in private correspondence,
> that apples actually build trees for the specific purpose
> of falling from them. Frankly, I find that to be a ridiculous
> idea. Any suggestions as to how I can refute it?
No, but as an aside, elephants get up in oak trees by sitting on
acorns.
David A. Smith
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| Barry | 30 Oct 2006 14:12 |
Physics has a lot to say about why and how apples fall from trees. It's
quite common to see apples drawn in physics texts - often on the cover.
Much importance seems to be attached to them.
But I haven't managed to find any physics texts that have much to say
about why and how the apples climb trees in the first place.
Can anybody give me a reference?
It's been suggested to me, in private correspondence, that apples
actually build trees for the specific purpose of falling from them.
Frankly, I find that to be a ridiculous idea. Any suggestions as to how
I can refute it?
Barry
|
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