Newton's Laws of Motion - Research Article from World of Physics

This encyclopedia article consists of approximately 7 pages of information about Newton's Laws of Motion.

Newton's Laws of Motion - Research Article from World of Physics

This encyclopedia article consists of approximately 7 pages of information about Newton's Laws of Motion.
This section contains 2,068 words
(approx. 7 pages at 300 words per page)
Buy the Newton's Laws of Motion Encyclopedia Article

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 motion to basic causes, force and mass. So great was Newton's work that it is referred to as the first revolution in physics.

Galileo's observation that without friction a body would tend to move forever challenged Aristotle's notion that the natural state of motion on Earth was one of rest. Galileo deduced that it was a property of matter to maintain its state of motion, a property he called inertia. Newton, grasping the meaning of inertia and recognizing that Aristotle's reference to what keeps a body in motion (outside influence) really should have been what changes a body's state of motion, set forth a first...

(read more)

This section contains 2,068 words
(approx. 7 pages at 300 words per page)
Buy the Newton's Laws of Motion Encyclopedia Article
Copyrights
Gale
Newton's Laws of Motion from Gale. ©2005-2006 Thomson Gale, a part of the Thomson Corporation. All rights reserved.