Sir Isaac Newton lived from 1642-1727. He was a famous scientist, mathematician, and physicist whose findings are still used today. After attending and studying mathematics at Cambridge, he would later go on to make many other discoveries, one of which including his own 3 laws of motion, also known as Newton’s 3 Laws of Motion. Thanks to Newton and his laws, we are able to use this information to still keep gaining information about motion and how it affects us. To think that if Newton never existed, it is possible that the whole way we view motion might be completely different than it is today. |
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As previously stated, Newton’s 3rd Law of Motion is “When object A hits or makes contact with object B, object B pushes back with an equal and opposite force on object A.” Another way of stating Newton’s 3rd Law is by saying that when you push on an object with a certain amount of force, that object is pushing back on you with the same amount of force in an opposite direction. One important factor in Newton’s 3rd Law are interactions pairs. These pairs include an action force and a reaction force. An example of an action force would be a person pushing against a wall with a certain amount of force in one direction, while the reaction force would be the wall pushing back at the person with the same amount of force in the opposite direction. |
