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One of science’s most crucial yet underappreciated

achievements is the description of the physical universe
using mathematics—in particular, using continuous,
smooth mathematical functions, like how a sine wave
describes both light and sound. This is sometimes known as
Newton’s zeroth law of motion in recognition of the fact
that his famed three laws embody such functions.

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