Newton Universal Law - Page 2 :: Theory of gravity

February 18, 2016

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…

November 23, 2015

Born in England, Isaac Newton was a highly influential physicist, astronomer, mathematician, philosopher, alchemist and theologian…

April 26, 2014

Watch this video lesson and you will see how you can calculate the force of attraction between two objects. Learn why our planets don…

March 12, 2014

In 1687 Isaac Newton published Philosophiae Naturalis Principia Mathematica , a work of immense and profound impact. Newton s pronounced…

November 20, 2015

The Hadron Particle Collider did not destroy the world last week, and scientists at CERN outside Geneva are sipping champagne and celebrating…

January 27, 2015

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…

March 15, 2014

Noun 1. a rule or set of rules, enforceable by the courts, regulating the government of a state, the relationship between the organs…

March 1, 2015

Author’s note: The following is adapted from a chapter of my book in progress, “The Inductive Method in Physics.” In tribute to his…

August 31, 2015

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…

August 27, 2014

Scientific laws are repeatedly observed phenomena in nature that appear to be nearly universally true. Often times laws will be developed…

January 13, 2016

A painting of Sir Isaac Newton by Sir Godfrey Kneller, dated to 1689. Credit: Sir Godfrey Kneller Sir Isaac Newton s three laws of…

October 11, 2014

Editor s Note: We republish a brilliant little gem that reflects upon Newton s law of universal gravitation—a law that was still in…