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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Science
Alex Bellos

Can you solve it? Isaac Newton’s tower drop puzzle

Newton
Sir Isaac Newton Photograph: Imagno/Getty Images

Today’s puzzle played a pivotal role in the birth of classical physics.

The tower drop

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