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Newton's Laws of Motion

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Newton's laws of motion are three physical laws that describe the relationship between the motion of an object and the forces acting on it, forming the foundation of classical mechanics.

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Proposed YearSourced to the subject's own account
1687 1
Proposed BySourced to the subject's own account
Isaac Newton 1
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  • Lead section (entity-description)
    Newton's laws of motion are three basic laws of classical mechanics that describe the relationship between the motion of an object and the forces acting on it.
  • Lead section (proposed-year)
    Isaac Newton first compiled his three laws of motion in his Philosophiae Naturalis Principia Mathematica, first published in 1687.
  • Lead section (proposed-by)
    Isaac Newton first compiled his three laws of motion in his Philosophiae Naturalis Principia Mathematica, first published in 1687.
  • Proposed By: Isaac Newton, Lead section (edge: proposed-by, Newton)
    The three laws of motion were first stated by Isaac Newton in his Philosophiae Naturalis Principia Mathematica (Mathematical Principles of Natural Philosophy), originally published in 1687.
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