2007-10-14 11:15:26 · 3 answers · asked by heatherrr323 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Astronomy & Space
It is said that he unified "the Earth and the Heavens" by discovering that the force that pulls apples to the ground on Earth and the force that keeps the planets in orbit around the Sun are both the same. Most kinda take gravity for granted nowadays, but this concept was a huge shift in the way people viewed space before.
2007-10-14 11:25:07 · answer #1 · answered by SVAL 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Because they are in error and never read Einstein.
Special and General relativity modifies Newton's laws and those are the factors at play in the universe.
Newton's laws only cover smaller body problems at low speeds. As things speed up, things change. Newton never took a QUASAR into account, because they were not known!
2007-10-14 12:36:11 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
newtons laws explained motions here on earth, at the same time people we're trying to figure out what when on in space.
over time, people applied newtons laws to space and found it worked as well.
at that point Newtonian laws worked on earth and in space, thusly "connecting" the two in what they shared ---- the laws.
2007-10-14 11:53:16 · answer #3 · answered by Mercury 2010 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋