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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.