每日背诵第二期69
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年牛顿从大学毕业后，打算攻读硕士学位，但大学却由于鼠疫的爆发而关闭。他回到家乡呆了18个月，他以后在万有引力与光学方面的研究大部分是在这个时期蕴酿构思完成的。据说著名的“苹果事件”也是在这段时期发生的。第一个撰写牛顿传记的作家声称他是从牛顿本人口中听到这个故事的。
(短文节选,本篇始于：大科学家牛顿)
