Galileo Galilei was successful in providing an experimental and theoretical background on how to describe motion. However, it was Newton who answered why objects move and why they accelerate. Newton was able to formulate the answer to this question to three simple statements we now know as Newton’s Laws of Motion.
Newton’s first law will tell you the natural state of objects as far as motion is concerned. The first law of motion is a refined version of Galileo’s work on motion and momentum. Newton’s next challenge was to found the reason why object’s move – force. Newton’s second law of motion synthesized the basic quantities such as acceleration, force, and mass. Lastly, Newton’s third law gives a very brief but profound statement of how forces interact, which literally brought the human race to the moon.
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