Insights Blog
-- Browse All Articles --
Physics Articles
Physics Tutorials
Physics Guides
Physics FAQ
Math Articles
Math Tutorials
Math Guides
Math FAQ
Education Articles
Education Guides
Bio/Chem Articles
Technology Guides
Computer Science Tutorials
Forums
Trending
Featured Threads
Log in
Register
What's new
Search
Search
Search titles only
By:
Menu
Log in
Register
Navigation
More options
Contact us
Close Menu
JavaScript is disabled. For a better experience, please enable JavaScript in your browser before proceeding.
You are using an out of date browser. It may not display this or other websites correctly.
You should upgrade or use an
alternative browser
.
Forums
The Lounge
Art, Music, History, and Linguistics
About the pointwise or distributed form of matter
Reply to thread
Message
[QUOTE="andrewkirk, post: 6854022, member: 265790"] You may find [URL='https://kimrendfeld.wordpress.com/2013/12/06/isaac-newton-300-years-ahead-of-his-time/']this article [/URL]by a physics prof interesting. He infers from scattered quotes in Newton's works that Newton thought of matter as collections of point particles held together by forces acting at a distance. Previously people assumed bits of matter needed to touch one another to bind together. But Newton introduced the idea of action at a distance through his theory of gravity. Although nobody had discovered yet the electrostatic and nuclear forces that hold solids together, Newton anticipated that something like that would be going on. [/QUOTE]
Insert quotes…
Post reply
Forums
The Lounge
Art, Music, History, and Linguistics
About the pointwise or distributed form of matter
Back
Top