A very good morning to English teacher and my fellow friends.
Today, I would like to
talk about Isaac Newton who is one of the greatest scientists in the world. Isaac Newton isnt a name that is new to us. As we all know, Isaac Newton was an English physicist and mathematician who was widely regarded as a key figure in the scientific revolution. He discovered the law of motion and the presence of gravitational force. According to what we had learnt in our physic, there are 3 important concepts that Newton was discovered.The first one, Newton First Law, the second one Newton second law and the third one Newton third law. Newton first law sometimes referred to the law of inertia. It stated that when an object is at rest, it will tend to be at rest. When an object is moving with a constant velocity, it will continue moving with the same speed unless it is acted upon by an external force. While for Newton second law state that the rate of change of momentum is directly proportional to and in the same direction as the resultant force acting on an object. Newton third law stated that for every action, there is an equal reaction. I believe all of us know very well on these three laws since we have learnt that in the beginning of the year when we first studied physics. But, do all of you know how the gravitational force was discovered by Newton? I shall tell you all briefly about the story. In 1666, as tradition has it, Newton observed the falling of an apple in his garden, later recalling, in the same year he began to think of gravity extending to the orb of the Moon. In 1678, when Newton was 36 year old, he suffered a serious emotional breakdown in the following year after his mother died. Newtons response was to cut off contact with others and engrossed himself in alchemical research. He was always trying to investigate the hidden forces of nature. He began to think along the following lines: The apple is accelerated and therefore its velocity changes from zero as it is hanging on the tree and moves toward the ground. Thus, Newton's 2nd Law also stated that there must be a force that acts on the apple to cause acceleration. Let's call this force as "gravity" and "acceleration due to gravity". Then, imagine the apple tree is twice as high. Again, we expect the apple to be accelerated toward the ground, so this suggests that this force that we call gravity reaches to the top of the tallest apple tree. This is Newton most excellent Idea. How succeed was Newton to discover the presence of gravitational force. Thats all from me. Thanks for lending me your ears.