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Newtons law of gravity
Date Submitted: 06/15/2003 20:47:56
Newton's Law of Universal Gravitation
Gravity if one of the four fundamental forces in the universe. Thoughthe 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; without gravity everything would be immobile unless a force was applied (then it would move infinitely because there would be no force to stop it).
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objects, such as black holes, are an exception but that's another story in itself (Edwards 498).
Works Cited
Zitzewitz, Paul W., Robert F. Neff, and Mark Davids. (1992). Physics: Principles and Problems. Peoria, Illinois: Glencoe.
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Eddington, Sir Arthur. (1987). Space, Time, & Gravitation: An Outline of the General Relativity Theory. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
Edwards, Paul. (Ed.) (1967). The Encyclopedia of Philosophy. New York, New York
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