Isaac Newton is credited with explaining the mechanism of universal motion. Although constructed in the 1600s, his theories on gravity would become the foundation for the modern world 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 ... are also able to substantiate...

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