Isaac Newton’s treatise Philosophiae Naturalis Principia Mathematica (Mathematical Principles of Natural Philosophy), often simply referred to as the Principia, was completed in May 1686. Publication and printing were overseen by the astronomer...

English physicist and mathematician Sir Isaac Newton's second law, usually written as F = ma where F is the force, m is the mass of the object and a is its acceleration, states that the acceleration of a body is proportional to the force applied to it...

Prior to the seventeenth century, the Greek concept of motion was widely accepted. This view held that without constant force to propel it, an object's motion would cease. While such an idea was useful in understanding everyday events on earth such as...

Earthly and heavenly motions were of great interest to Newton. Applying an acute sense for asking the right questions with reasoning, Newton formulated three laws which allowed a complete analysis (mathematical) of dynamics, relating all aspects of...

Newton's laws of motion are three physical laws which provide relationships between the forces acting on a body and the motion of the body. They were first compiled by Sir Isaac Newton in his work Philosophiae Naturalis Principia Mathematica (1687). The...

No one thought the 2006 legislative session was going to be that exciting. It's an election year. The governor wasn't pushing for any acidic subjects such as tort reform, and pretty much everyone agreed health care should be a priority. Nothing screamed tension...

Can quantum mechanics + thermodynamics = perpetual motion? Hopeful inventors have for centuries tried to create machines that would run forever: gizmos such as wheels that turn unceasingly with no motor to drive them and engines that endlessly exploit the heat in...

Sir Isaac Newton was the first to study the causes of acceleration. His rules and laws are very easy to follow; one just has to sit and think it through and then apply what Newton has taught. His laws are used in every day life and used by other scientists and theorists to help figure out the problems they are faced with.

An essay that explains how Newton's three laws are used to explain car accidents.