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  2. List of eponymous laws - Wikipedia

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    The name "Eroom" is "Moore" spelled backward, in order to contrast it with Moore's law. Euler's laws of motion: extends Newton's laws of motion for point particle to rigid body motion. Faraday's law of induction: a magnetic field changing in time creates a proportional electromotive force. Named for Michael Faraday, based on his work in 1831.

  3. Path of least resistance - Wikipedia

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    It is an approximation of the tendency to the least energy state. [1] Other examples are "what goes up must come down" and "heat goes from hot to cold" (second law of thermodynamics). But these simple descriptions are not derived from laws of physics and in more complicated cases these heuristics will fail to give even approximately correct ...

  4. 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.

  5. Isaac Newton - Wikipedia

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    Although the laws of motion and universal gravitation became Newton's best-known discoveries, he warned against using them to view the Universe as a mere machine, as if akin to a great clock. He said, "So then gravity may put the planets into motion, but without the Divine Power it could never put them into such a circulating motion, as they ...

  6. Aristotelian physics - Wikipedia

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    Aristotelian physics is the form of natural philosophy described in the works of the Greek philosopher Aristotle (384–322 BC). In his work Physics, Aristotle intended to establish general principles of change that govern all natural bodies, both living and inanimate, celestial and terrestrial – including all motion (change with respect to place), quantitative change (change with respect to ...

  7. Laws of motion - Wikipedia

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    In physics, a number of noted theories of the motion of objects have developed. Among the best known are: Classical mechanics. Newton's laws of motion; Euler's laws of motion; Cauchy's equations of motion; Kepler's laws of planetary motion ; General relativity; Special relativity; Quantum mechanics

  8. Inertial frame of reference - Wikipedia

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    Hence, with respect to an inertial frame, an object or body accelerates only when a physical force is applied, and (following Newton's first law of motion), in the absence of a net force, a body at rest will remain at rest and a body in motion will continue to move uniformly—that is, in a straight line and at constant speed.

  9. Second law of thermodynamics - Wikipedia

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    The second law can be conceptually stated [69] as follows: Matter and energy have the tendency to reach a state of uniformity or internal and external equilibrium, a state of maximum disorder (entropy). Real non-equilibrium processes always produce entropy, causing increased disorder in the universe, while idealized reversible processes produce ...