Editing Roger Babson (section)

== Interest in Isaac Newton ==
[[File:Isaac Newton apple tree, Babson College - IMG 0430.JPG|thumb|Newton apple tree at Babson College]]
Throughout Babson's life, he had a strong interest in [[Isaac Newton]], especially after learning how "Newton had combined the practical with the theoretical," similar to how Babson applied Newton's third law to finance.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|last=College|first=Babson|title=Grace K. Babson Collection|url=https://www.babson.edu/about/news-events/babson-centennial/babsons-history/archives-and-collections/grace-k-babson-collection/|access-date=2021-12-01|website=www.babson.edu|language=en}}</ref> Babson's wife, Grace Babson, also had a strong interest in Newton, collecting much of Newton's work in a variety of translations, editions, and commentaries over many years. At the time, it was much easier to amass a large collection of scientific writing as book collectors valued them much less than in later years. Following some financial success, Grace was able to pursue her collection even further, later amounting to over 1,000 editions of Newton materials, being the largest source in the United States.<ref name=":0" /> In 1995, the Babson College collection was placed on loan to MIT's [[Burndy Library]], and in 2006, to the [[Huntington Library]] in San Marino, California, where it is available for scholarly research.<ref>{{Cite web|title=The Newton You Didn't Know|url=https://www.huntington.org/verso/2020/01/newton-you-didnt-know|access-date=2021-12-01|website=The Huntington|language=en}}</ref>

Between Sir Isaac Newton Library (now known as Tomasso Hall) and the Lunder Admission Center lay descendants of the original apple trees that had purportedly inspired Newton's idea of gravity.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2019-07-23|title=Isaac Newton papers returning home to Babson|url=https://theswellesleyreport.com/2019/07/isaac-newton-papers-returning-home-to-babson/|access-date=2021-12-01|website=The Swellesley Report|language=en-US}}</ref> Grace also saved the parlor of Newton's last residence before its demolition and created a replica in Babson Park.<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Andrade|first=E.|date=1950|title=A Notable Newton Collection|journal=Nature|volume=166 |issue=4216 |pages=284–285 |doi=10.1038/166284A0|bibcode=1950Natur.166..284A |s2cid=4288538 |doi-access=free}}</ref>