Universal law of motion
While Copernicus rightly observed that the planets revolve around the Sun, it was Kepler who correctly defined their orbits. At the…
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The test of any scientific law is our verification of its anticipations. A people, superstitious and ignorant of every scientific law…
Read MoreScientific theories and laws
I ve had a student ask me to clarify the difference between a scientific law and a theory . This person asked, in part: .. Is a…
Read MoreLaws of Gravitation by Isaac Newton
Born in England, Isaac Newton was a highly influential physicist, astronomer, mathematician, philosopher, alchemist and theologian…
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Watch this video lesson and you will see how you can calculate the force of attraction between two objects. Learn why our planets don…
Read MoreNewton laws of Gravitation
In 1687 Isaac Newton published Philosophiae Naturalis Principia Mathematica , a work of immense and profound impact. Newton s pronounced…
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The Hadron Particle Collider did not destroy the world last week, and scientists at CERN outside Geneva are sipping champagne and celebrating…
Read MoreDefine scientific law
I’ve decided to write this post so that I have something to refer to and don’t have to constantly re-define these words: Fact, Hypothesis…
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Noun 1. a rule or set of rules, enforceable by the courts, regulating the government of a state, the relationship between the organs…
Read MoreIsaac Newton universal law of Gravitation
Author’s note: The following is adapted from a chapter of my book in progress, “The Inductive Method in Physics.” In tribute to his…
Read MoreAccelerating universe theory
We ll begin this section by picking up were we left off, completing our analysis of the big bang theory. Here you ll get a chance to…
Read MoreScientific laws
Scientific laws are repeatedly observed phenomena in nature that appear to be nearly universally true. Often times laws will be developed…
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