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  2. Double-slit experiment - Wikipedia

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    The experiment belongs to a general class of "double path" experiments, in which a wave is split into two separate waves (the wave is typically made of many photons and better referred to as a wave front, not to be confused with the wave properties of the individual photon) that later combine into a single wave.

  3. Three-body problem - Wikipedia

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    While a system of 3 bodies interacting gravitationally is chaotic, a system of 3 bodies interacting elastically is not. [clarification needed] There is no general closed-form solution to the three-body problem. [1] In other words, it does not have a general solution that can be expressed in terms of a finite number of standard mathematical ...

  4. Philosophiæ Naturalis Principia Mathematica - Wikipedia

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    Philosophiæ Naturalis Principia Mathematica (English: The Mathematical Principles of Natural Philosophy), [1] often referred to as simply the Principia (/ p r ɪ n ˈ s ɪ p i ə, p r ɪ n ˈ k ɪ p i ə /), is a book by Isaac Newton that expounds Newton's laws of motion and his law of universal gravitation.

  5. Corpuscular theory of light - Wikipedia

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    Physics - Newton's corpuscular theory of light - Science. elearnin. Uploaded 5 Jan 2013. Robert Hooke's Critique of Newton's Theory of Light and Colors (delivered 1672) Robert Hooke. Thomas Birch, The History of the Royal Society, vol. 3 (London: 1757), pp. 10–15. Newton Project, University of Sussex. Corpuscule or Wave. Arman Kashef. 2022.

  6. Newton's laws of motion - Wikipedia

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    Newton's laws are often stated in terms of point or particle masses, that is, bodies whose volume is negligible. This is a reasonable approximation for real bodies when the motion of internal parts can be neglected, and when the separation between bodies is much larger than the size of each.

  7. Method of Fluxions - Wikipedia

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    For a period of time encompassing Newton's working life, the discipline of analysis was a subject of controversy in the mathematical community. Although analytic techniques provided solutions to long-standing problems, including problems of quadrature and the finding of tangents, the proofs of these solutions were not known to be reducible to the synthetic rules of Euclidean geometry.

  8. Dispersive prism - Wikipedia

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    This experiment has become a classic example of the methodology introduced during the scientific revolution. The results of the experiment dramatically transformed the field of metaphysics, leading to John Locke's primary vs secondary quality distinction. [citation needed] Newton discussed prism dispersion in great detail in his book Opticks. [6]

  9. Action at a distance - Wikipedia

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    In 1687 Isaac Newton published his Principia which combined his laws of motion with a new mathematical analysis able to reproduce Kepler's empirical results. [ 2 ] : 134 His explanation was in the form of a law of universal gravitation : any two bodies are attracted by a force proportional to their mass and inversely proportional to the square ...