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Sir Isaac Newton : The Universal Law of Gravitation
Discover the fact and fiction behind the popular story of Newton sitting under an apple tree.
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Sir Isaac Newton
Sir Isaac Newton (1643 - 1717) produced three great achievements in the short space of two years. The first great achievement was the invention of calculus. Newton's second great achievement was the ...
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The Newton Project
A history of Newton and an electronic collection of his writings, some transcribed, some manuscript form. Catalogue of non-scientific papers. Theological manuscripts, personal papers, Conduit papers, ...
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Projectiles and Newton
The "cannon on the mountaintop" thought experiment with user input of velocity data. There is a link to the background lecture notes.
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Physicists
A brief description of some of the most prominent physicists in history. The list of 10 names includes Ampere, Coulomb, Curie, Einstein, Joule, Newton and Watt.
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The Speed of Sound
The first analytical determination of the speed of sound was given by Isaac Newton in Proposition 49 of Book II of the Principia. For sea level air at a typical ambient temperature he computed a ...
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Physics Jokes and Newton
A collection of physics jokes with physics factoids, links, quotes and pictures interspersed throughout the site describing physics history and Newton's work and life.
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