Isaac Newton's Second Law Research Paper

Sir Isaac Newton, born on the 4th of January, 1643; was an astronomer, philosopher, scientist, and a mathematician and physicist who developed the principles of modern physics. The Scientific Revolution of the 17th century credited him as a genius--his work was so brilliant and advanced that he was the first ever scientist to be knighted, which explains the "Sir" preceding his name. Although his discoveries would change the world of science, he did not care the fame that came with them. He was just an intellectual who liked solving challenges. His most important and notable discovery of all, however, was the principles and laws of motion, and his book: "Philosophiae Naturalis Principia Mathematica" could be considered the single most valuable publication ever written to science. This is what formed the basis of modern physics and what will be used and referred to continuously in the modern future.

Newton's first law explains that every object moving in a straight line will continue to move in a straight line unless acted upon another force. This, by definition, is basically inertia. If there is no net force (which is when all external forces cancel each other out) impacting an object, then the object will …show more content…
It explains that an object subjected to an external force will change its velocity and that force is equal to the change in momentum, which can be translated to mass times velocity per change in time (or f=ma). An example of this law is pushing a heavy ball harder to get it to move as fast as a small one. If you want to indulge into more of the math side of it, then think of this: Johnny is trying to push his 1000 kg car to a gas station, making it go 0.7 m/s. How would you figure out how much force Johnny is applying to the car? Well use the equation f=1000*0.7 (f=ma) and you should end up with 70