A job well done
A job well done
A job well done
That guy Newton didn't even know that inertial frames of reference weren't absolute.
Do we know that?
I mean, wasn't that Einstein guy that said that if it's true, we will never truly know it?
While it seems obvious on an intuitive level, it is actually an important observation that can't be taken for granted! :)
The three laws of relativity unmodified until the twentieth century when John Rambo added the law of special relativity - “when you’re pushed, killing is as easy as breathing”.
It never ceases to amaze me how difficult it is to come up with something worthwhile and original (pedants, no need to point out inspiration or standing on the shoulders of giants) without years of work. Art, science, music, whatever. Yeah, there are lucky one-offs, but even something as simple sounding as “For every action, there is an equal and opposite reaction” distills the semi-intuitive into something concrete and explainable.
or moves at constant speed
Zero is constant
Also, it's not just people that punch you back, things punch you back too.
He also seems to have figured out modern fashion, amazing!
So, so far ahead of his time. What a genius.
Hey, that's unfair. He also figured out that if things push at each other, they get pushed.
Hey, he also figured out that things that are moving usually move some more
He did not come up with the principle of inertia, it was already employed.