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Isaac
Newton (1642--1727):
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Primarily a physicist
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Dissected every-day phenomena
into laws and equations that reflected underlying principles
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Newton's laws of motion:
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1) A body at rest remains
at rest, a body in motion remains in motion with a constant velocity (same
direction and speed) unless acted on by a net outside force
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2) F = ma
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3) For every action (force),
there is an equal and opposite reaction
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Newton's Universal law of
gravitation (the apple thing):
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