5 Questions
What did Newton's law of universal gravitation mark the unification of?
Phenomena of gravity on Earth with known astronomical behaviors
What did Newton call the reasoning from which he derived the law of universal gravitation?
Inductive reasoning
Who made a claim that Newton had obtained the inverse square law from him?
Robert Hooke
When was Newton's work 'Philosophiæ Naturalis Principia Mathematica' first published?
5 July 1687
What is the equation for universal gravitation according to Newton's law?
$F = G \frac{m_1 m_2}{r^2}$
Study Notes
Newton's Law of Universal Gravitation
- Marks the unification of terrestrial and celestial mechanics
- Derived using the reasoning of 'fluxions'
Dispute over the Law
- German mathematician and astronomer, Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz, claimed that Newton had obtained the inverse square law from him
Publication of Newton's Work
- 'Philosophiæ Naturalis Principia Mathematica' was first published in 1687
The Equation for Universal Gravitation
- F = G * (m1 * m2) / r^2, where F is the gravitational force between two objects, G is the gravitational constant, m1 and m2 are the masses of the objects, and r is the distance between them
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