2006-11-05 03:46:58 · 18 answers · asked by owenb1983 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Physics
The laws of physics ARE the laws of nature... what else is there??
2006-11-05 08:52:10 · answer #1 · answered by Colin A 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Physics is a study of the laws of nature among other things. We tend to lump all the laws discovered to do with physics as physical laws. There are few which are not also laws of nature. However the laws of nature also are in chemistry and biology so the term law of physics is more to separate them from the other sciences rather than nature.
2006-11-05 05:51:56 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
A law of nature. All sciences study laws of nature
2006-11-05 07:19:55 · answer #3 · answered by Sam 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well nature doesn't really have laws. Gravity is one of the four forces we find in nature and the physical discription of it as given by standard physics and to a limited extent quantum is a model which it fits.
2006-11-05 03:49:59 · answer #4 · answered by Mark G 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Ultimately it is a Law of Nature, that is, whether a civilisation managed to evolve, wonder, think, study and explain gravitational attraction is independent of its existance.
Gravity has been present since the first millisecond, and has been around long before Isaac Newton came up with his Laws of Universal Gravitation in the 17th century.
Hence, even before Physics came into being, even before our planet existed, those laws had been governing our Universe all along. Hence, my answer.
By the way, Natural Philosophy was the term Physics was referred to up till a couple of centuries ago.
May I conclude with a quotation:
In physics, your solution should convince a reasonable person. In math, you have to convince a person who's trying to make trouble. Ultimately, in physics, you're hoping to convince Nature. And I've found Nature to be pretty reasonable.
Frank Wilczek (1951 - )
2006-11-05 07:20:55 · answer #5 · answered by alexsopos 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
One of Newton's major contributions to science was to come up with one law of nature that could explain the behavior of both the apple and the moon.
What he concluded was that any two bodies are attracted to each other in a way which is quantified by a simple law called the law of "universal gravitation". That law says that the attractive force between a pair of objects is proportional to the product of their masses divided by the square of the distance between their centers of mass.
2006-11-05 03:54:04 · answer #6 · answered by young_friend 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i thought physics is the study of interaction
as such, the laws of nature are subject to the laws of physics
gravity is a law of nature, because it is based on gravitational pull
and this is not a fixed force, but dependent on the object which gives off gravitational pull
2006-11-05 04:30:00 · answer #7 · answered by soobee 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
law of physics applied by nature!
2006-11-05 03:55:46 · answer #8 · answered by querist 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think its a law of physics.
2006-11-07 08:10:54 · answer #9 · answered by patsy 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Nature.....what comes up, must come down. Physics states this too....but before physics, there was gravity....so You be the judge?????
2006-11-05 03:59:13 · answer #10 · answered by Jenny 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋