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Newton's Laws of Motion

Newton's First Law and Inertia

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Newton's first law of motion explains inertia and how forces change motion. Motion can be striking to observe, from a dolphin jumping from water to a bird in flight or a satellite moving in orbit. The study of motion is kinematics, which describes velocity and acceleration. Dynamics goes further by examining the forces that ...

Transcript

Before Galileo and Newton, scientists held a 2000-year-old belief that objects have a natural tendency to come to rest if left alone.

Also, a constant force is necessary to keep them moving.

Galileo disproved this idea with a thought experiment using a bronze ball that is rolled over smooth double inclined planes.

A ball rol...

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Nieuwtons bewegingswettenInleiding tot de dynamicaKracht en bewegingConstante snelheidExterne krachtConcept van traagheidBewegingsprincipesGrondslagen van de fysicaBijdrage van Galileo

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