Was Hooke's work on gravity misunderstood?
My contributions to understanding celestial motion are often obscured. While others may receive the lion's share of acclaim, I did propose that the force governing the fall of an apple was the same force that kept the Moon in its orbit. I presented a model of elliptical planetary motion based on a combination of inertial motion and a centripetal force, a concept I articulated in my lectures. This idea of a universal force, acting inversely as the square of the distance, was a crucial step. This is demonstrable by experiment and careful calculation.
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