READING COMPREHENSION

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Principles of dynamics relate motion and forces, based on Newton's laws published in 1687, influenced by Aristotle, Galileo, Huygens, and Kepler.

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To demonstrate the development of Newton’s laws.

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General principles of dynamics:

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Rules showing the relationship between body motions and the forces causing them.

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In 1687, Isaac Newton...

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published his famous Principia.

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Natural state of a body is rest.

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Aristotle

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When does a moving body come to rest?

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No force acting upon it.

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First scientist to describe falling objects:

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Galileo

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Galileo observed that force alters motion.

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Force changes motion.

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Huygens recognized the relationship between force and

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change of speed.

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Huygens: action force induces

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change in speed.

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Kepler

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deduced laws of planetary motion around the sun.