Sir Isaac Newton's Third Law Of Motion

Sir Isaac Newton was born in Wools Thorpe, Lincolnshire, in 1642. Growing up, Newton faced many hardships with his mother abandoning him at a young age and his father passing away three months before he was born (Westfall 1993). Life finally became so overwhelming for Newton that he began acting out and even made threats of burning down his house. However, eventually Newton was able to find solace by indulging himself in books which then led to his developed interest for mechanics and technology. As time went on, Newton enrolled in a college located in Cambridge, where he met a professor that became a father figure to him. This father figure, Isaac Barrow, encouraged Newton to achieve his best in life. Barrow set Newton’s education level to a higher standard, teaching Newton much harder topics like Calculus. Barrows faith became the uplifting boost that Newton needed all of this life. And while sadly the college in Cambridge closed down due to the …show more content…
This law of motion stems off of the idea of force. Simply meaning that when you push off of something, the object that you are pushing off of is going to be pushed back due to the energy it takes to move an object. An example of this is hitting a golf ball with a club. The velocity of the ball is able to change due to the force of a golfer hitting the ball with its club. The more force a golfer uses on a ball, the faster the speed will become. Whereas a slight breeze from the wind would just barely affect how much the ball moves. Newton’s third Law of Motion is especially apparent when it comes to sports (Golfswing.com n.d.). But stepping out of the topic of sports, the understanding of action and reaction has played a major role in the development of aerospace engineering. Without this comprehension, the idea of going to space may not have been possible if it weren’t for Newton’s