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NEWTONS
UNIVERSAL LAW OF
GRAVITATION
Newton's law of universal gravitationstates that any two bodies in the
universe attract each other with a force that is directly proportional to the product
of their masses and inversely proportional to the square of the distance between
them.
With this gravitational equation, scientist are able to calculate the force of
gravitational attraction between two objects of known mass and known distance of
separation.
The farther back in history you go, the harder it is to convince people using
scientific facts. This is because of the large religious culture that everyone has. If
you tried to tell the Egyptians that the sun went down because or planet rotated,
not because Ra moved it, you would probably be killed. With Newton, it wasnt so
drastic, but it was still early in the time of space studies. He rivaled against other
great minds like Robert Hooke and Gottfried Leibniz, always trying to prove one or
the other wrong. Some people didnt think Newtons laws were real, probably due
to there religious backgrounds.
RESOURCES
http://www.biography.com/people/isaac-newton-9422656
http://www.bbc.co.uk/timelines/zwwgcdm
https://www.newton.ac.uk/about/isaac-newton/life