1. The story of the Apple logo

The original Apple logo was indeed designed by Wayne, one of the three founders, in 1976. It was only used during the production of Apple I and served as a symbol for Newton. Pen drawing of reading book under apple tree. However, the Newton logo took a short time. Jobs believed that the logo was too complex and difficult to copy and spread. So in 1976, Jobs decided to redesign a better logo to accompany the release of Apple II.

So I made a black and white silhouette of an apple, but I always felt that something was missing. "I wanted to simplify the shape of the apple and get a bite on one side, thus completing the shape we know today." Colorful apple logo.

2. The story of Turing and the poison apple

During World War II, the war between Britain and Germany was fiercely fought, and Germany’s “Sea Wolf” tactics (ie: Use all their strength to use submarines to attack British merchant ships and cargo ships, interrupting the supply of supplies from the United States, leaving Britain without food, oil, weapons, and ammunition...) causing heavy losses to Britain. On March 1, 1943 alone In just a few days on the 20th, German submarines sank 108 British ships weighing 627,000 tons.

At this critical moment, World War II broke out. Turing was recruited by the British government to organize a mathematical workstation at Bletchley Park, where he led a group of outstanding scholars and experts to study how to crack the German code. Later, Turing finally succeeded in cracking the German code system in a matter of minutes. , it can be completely decoded in as little as one hour. In this way, the British army could fully grasp the deployment and actions of German submarines at sea, and be able to reverse the situation of the war and ultimately win World War II.

Although Turing and his team. His military exploits were outstanding, but he was not commended after the war. Later, his sexual orientation (homosexuality) was exposed by the media, and conservative and defensive forces attacked him from all directions, forcing him to resign from various important positions and erase his academic achievements. Unable to bear the pressure, he committed suicide by eating a poisoned apple on June 7, 1954. He was only 41 years old. A hero who saved countless people's lives was forced to commit suicide due to the ignorance of the people. This is the real tragedy. Later, the "Turing Award" was established to commemorate Turing's outstanding contributions in the field of computing.

Turing Award

3. The story of Newton and Apple

There was a young man in England named Isaac Newton, who studied physics. Newton was very good at thinking and often thought deeply about some common phenomena.

One day, he was sitting. Resting under the apple tree, suddenly a ripe apple fell and hit him on the head. He touched the painful area. At this time, Newton thought of a question: When the ball was thrown into the air, why did it not Always rising, but always falling? When Newton picked up the apple, he suddenly had a strange idea. Is there an invisible force at work, pulling the apple to the ground? After a long time, Newton finally answered. This question is derived from a formula, which is the "law of universal gravitation"