I did not fully understood the following sentences regarding gravity from "A Briefer History of Time" by Stephen Hawking. Would you explain it to me as clear as possible, thank you.
According to Newton's law of gravity, a body of twice the weight will have twice the force of gravity pulling it down. But it will also have twice the mass and thus, according to Newton's second law, half the acceleration per unit force ( by the way, what is half the acceleration per unit mean?). According to Newton's laws, these two effects exactly cancel each other out, so the acceleration will be the same no matter what the weight.
2007-05-29
18:36:49
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