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  2. Newton's laws of motion - Wikipedia

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    Newton's laws of motion are three physical laws that describe the relationship between the motion of an object and the forces acting on it. These laws, which provide the basis for Newtonian mechanics, can be paraphrased as follows: A body remains at rest, or in motion at a constant speed in a straight line, except insofar as it is acted upon by ...

  3. Equations of motion - Wikipedia

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    The first general equation of motion developed was Newton's second law of motion. In its most general form it states the rate of change of momentum p = p(t) = mv(t) of an object equals the force F = F(x(t), v(t), t) acting on it, [13] : 1112. The force in the equation is not the force the object exerts.

  4. Philosophiæ Naturalis Principia Mathematica - Wikipedia

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    Philosophiæ Naturalis Principia Mathematica (English: The Mathematical Principles of Natural Philosophy) [1] often referred to as simply the Principia ( / prɪnˈsɪpiə, prɪnˈkɪpiə / ), is a book by Isaac Newton that expounds Newton's laws of motion and his law of universal gravitation. The Principia is written in Latin and comprises ...

  5. Motion - Wikipedia

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    Classical mechanics is fundamentally based on Newton's laws of motion. These laws describe the relationship between the forces acting on a body and the motion of that body. They were first compiled by Sir Isaac Newton in his work Philosophiæ Naturalis Principia Mathematica, which was first published on July 5, 1687. Newton's three laws are:

  6. Isaac Newton - Wikipedia

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    Political party. Whig. Signature. Sir Isaac Newton FRS (25 December 1642 – 20 March 1726/27 [ a]) was an English polymath active as a mathematician, physicist, astronomer, alchemist, theologian, and author who was described in his time as a natural philosopher. [ 7] He was a key figure in the Scientific Revolution and the Enlightenment that ...

  7. This article discusses Newton's laws of motion, as a scientific basis for movement skills, from an elementary school physical education perspective. It also includes guided questions designed to help the elementary physical educator to apply these laws in daily instructional activities. (Contains 2 figures and 1 table.)

  8. Their marks were kept as pretest scores. To test students as to whether they come to class prepared by doing their reading assignment, they had to answer a concept quiz for 10 min based on the reading assignment. The teacher. Table 1: Designing an effective teaching approach on Newton’s third law of motion.

  9. Linear motion - Wikipedia

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    The motion of a particle (a point-like object) along a line can be described by its position , which varies with (time). An example of linear motion is an athlete running a 100-meter dash along a straight track. [2] Linear motion is the most basic of all motion. According to Newton's first law of motion, objects that do not experience any net ...