5 Questions
What is the weakest of the four basic forces found in nature?
Gravity
Who was the first scientist to precisely define the gravitational force?
Sir Isaac Newton
What did Galileo Galilei contend about falling bodies and planetary motions?
They had the same cause
What is the force that acts at a distance, without physical contact?
Gravity
What did Sir Isaac Newton explain with his precise definition of gravitational force?
Both falling bodies and astronomical motions
Explore the fundamental principle that governs the gravitational force and its impact on various phenomena such as aching feet, falling apples, and the orbit of the Moon.
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