... view of the universe. These theories demonstrated the manner in which the various components of the universe related to one another as a result of the force of natural attraction, a relationship described in a mathematical formula which can be restated to contend that "the gravitational attraction of two bodies is equal to the product of their mass divided by the square of the distance between them". Newton's life and work are, in fact, among the most interesting in history. Newton ... would shake the foundations of the church and the foundations of Aristotelian mechanics which held mos...

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