Recent content by Kaorin

Oh, and now I see that my statement about the square was wrong when Kepler's law is used and it doesn't apply to squares. I wasn't aware of that. I haven't had mathematics or physics since grammar school and this had been some years ago. :rolleyes: I wonder if it could work without using...

Ah, many thanks, wisredz. :smile: I think I get Newton's point now. I'm afraid I'll have to go with Leibniz and the other sceptics at this point though. Maybe I can find some literature on the question to engross my insight and back up or change my opinion.

I have read the book from which the quote you quoted again is taken. My problem is that I don't see how this prooves anything. Maybe I'm just not educated enough to understand. :( I don't know, can you explain how you can obtain a spiral with infinite gyrations by a point that moves with a...

Unfortunately not. :confused: When T is the time it takes the straight line to come where it has begun (a turn of 360° around the pole) and the movable point is on that line, the points trace consists of two elements: the 360° turn and its own accelerated linear move along the line. So I...

Hi! I stumbled across this forum when googling for an answer on the same question. I'm reading the German edition of Peter Pesic's book and found that proof pretty disturbing as well. Can anyone explain it by now?