It may seem to us today to be only a small step from Galileo's observations to Newton's laws of motion. But it has to be observed that the two propositions above, in the form in which they are ...

Newton's Laws are very important when it comes to car safety. When there is a car crash, the car, its contents and the passengers decelerate rapidly. They experience great forces because of the ...

Newton's First Law applies particularly well under freefall conditions. Sky divers who jump from a plane do not continue to accelerate to the ground at ever increasing speeds – if they did ...