Newton's Law Of Universal Gravitation
Beginning of paper
Gravity if one of the four fundamental forces in the universe. Though
the fundamental principles of it eluded scientists until Sir Isaac Newton was
able to mathematically describe it in 1687 (Eddington 93). Gravity plays a
serious part in everyday actions as it keeps everything on the ground; wi ....
Middle of paper
.... knew that an object fell to the earth at a rate of about 9.8
meters (32 feet) per second second as pointed out by Galileo. Thus "the apple
that fell from the tree" fell to Earth at about this rate. For the first basic
explanation of this we will assume a linear plane, one in which all forces act
in only one direction. Therefore when the apple fell it went straight towards
the center of the earth (accelerating at about 9.8 meters per second second).
Newton then figured that the same forc ....
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