Are Newton's laws actually laws or his ideas?

Sir Isaac Newton's three laws of motion describe the motion of massive bodies and how they interact. While Newton's laws may seem obvious to us today, more than three centuries ago they were considered revolutionary. Newton was one of the most influential scientists of all time. read more

There was a fashion during the seventeenth to early nineteenth century for calling the regularities of nature, particularly those with exact numerical formulations, “Laws”. read more

Newton summarized his ideas about gravity in a law now known as the law of universal gravitation. <3333333333 answered by JULIE A. read more

The three laws of motion were first compiled by Isaac Newton in his Philosophiæ Naturalis Principia Mathematica (Mathematical Principles of Natural Philosophy), first published in 1687. Newton used them to explain and investigate the motion of many physical objects and systems. read more