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OVER VIEW OF NEWTON'S LAW

Sir Isaac Newton is not only famous for his work on the laws of motion, but also contributed greatly to a wide variety of subjects, the major ones being Gravitation, Prism Optics, Diffraction, Binomial Theorem, etc. He was knighted for his exemplary studies by Queen Anne in 1705.

Newton's laws are a set of physical doctrines that describe the motion of objects as well as the field of classical mechanics. They were first described in his work titled 'Philosophiæ Naturalis Principia Mathematica', and have completely changed mankind's understanding of the universe. These laws can be applicable only when they are studied with respect to the Newtonian frames of reference or from an inertial viewpoint. Simply said, they were studied with respect to a homogeneous and non-entropic environment.

These laws of motion were taken over by several recent theories like Einstein's Theory of Special Relativity, but as they began an important era of greater scientific understanding, they are still referred to, from a knowledge-based perspective. The following paragraphs describe each law briefly with appropriate examples.

Newton's law are very important because they tie into almost everything we see in everyday life. ... Newton's laws speak very generally all forces, but to use them for any specific problem, you have to actually know all the forces involved, like gravity, friction, and tension.

Introduction for Newton laws

INTRODUCTION

Newton's laws of motion are three physical laws that, together, laid the foundation for classical mechanics. They describe the relationship between a body and the forces acting upon it, and its motion in response to those forces. More precisely, the first law defines the force qualitatively, the second law offers a quantitative measure of the force, and the third asserts that a single isolated force doesn't exist. These three laws have been expressed in several ways, over nearly three centuries.

Each law of motion Newton developed has significant mathematical and physical interpretations that are needed to understand motion in our universe. The applications of these laws of motion are truly limitless.

Essentially, Newton's laws define the means by which motion changes, specifically the way in which those changes in motion are related to force and mass.

Origins and Purpose of Newton's Laws of Motion

Sir Isaac Newton (1642-1727) was a British physicist who, in many respects, can be viewed as the greatest physicist of all time.

Though there were some predecessors of note, such as Archimedes, Copernicus, and Galileo, it was Newton who truly exemplified the method of scientific inquiry that would be adopted throughout the ages.

For nearly a century, Aristotle's description of the physical universe had proven to be inadequate to describe the nature of movement (or the movement of nature, if you will). Newton tackled the problem and came up with three general rules about the movement of objects which have been dubbed as "Newton's three laws of motion."

In 1687, Newton introduced the three laws in his book "Philosophiae Naturalis Principia Mathematica" (Mathematical Principles of Natural Philosophy), which is generally referred to as the "Principia." This is where he also introduced his theory of universal gravitation, thus laying the entire foundation of classical mechanics in one volume.