{"id":4960,"date":"2016-02-17T17:36:24","date_gmt":"2016-02-17T17:36:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/science\/?p=1107"},"modified":"2016-02-17T17:36:24","modified_gmt":"2016-02-17T17:36:24","slug":"exhibit-350th-anniversary-of-newtons-universal-law-of-gravitation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/combo\/2016\/02\/17\/exhibit-350th-anniversary-of-newtons-universal-law-of-gravitation\/","title":{"rendered":"Exhibit: 350th Anniversary of Newton\u2019s Universal Law of Gravitation"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/science\/files\/2016\/02\/Case-photo-for-blog.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-1108\" class=\"broken_link\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-1108\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/science\/files\/2016\/02\/Case-photo-for-blog-169x300.jpg\" alt=\"Newton Exhibit\" width=\"169\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a>The new exhibit at the Sciences Library celebrates the life of Isaac Newton and the 350th anniversary of his Universal Law of Gravitation, presented for the first time in 1666.<\/p>\n<p>We&#8217;ve all heard the story about Newton and the apple, but how did Newton really come to understand gravity? Our exhibit describes Newton&#8217;s life and work, with an emphasis on the Universal Law of Gravitation and its evolution over time. Many thanks to the Department of Physics &amp; Astronomy for loaning us several items for the exhibit, including a Newtonian telescope and a prism like the one used in Newton&#8217;s famous light refraction experiments.<\/p>\n<p>To learn more about Newton and his Universal Law of Gravitation, ask a librarian or check out these excellent resources:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/proxy.lib.uiowa.edu\/login?url=http:\/\/link.springer.com\/book\/10.1007%2F978-1-4614-5444-1\" >Newton&#8217;s Gravity: An Introductory Guide to the Mechanics of the Universe<\/a>\u00a0(ebook)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/proxy.lib.uiowa.edu\/login?url=http:\/\/www.aspresolver.com\/aspresolver.asp?VAST;1748899\" >Sir Isaac Newton and the Gravity of Genius<\/a> (streaming video)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The new exhibit at the Sciences Library celebrates the life of Isaac Newton and the 350th anniversary of his Universal Law of Gravitation, presented for the first time in 1666. [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":149,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/combo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4960"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/combo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/combo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/combo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/149"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/combo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4960"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/combo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4960\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5570,"href":"https:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/combo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4960\/revisions\/5570"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/combo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4960"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/combo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4960"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/combo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4960"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}