Assessment Task 1- Can you Trust Science? Newton’s Laws of Motion Sir Isaac Newton was a mathematician and scientist that lived in England during the 17th and 18th century. He was born on Christmas Day 1642 according to the Julian calendar, and on January 4th 1643 according to the new style calendar. He lived to become one of the most famous and revolutionary mathematicians of all time. Sir Isaac Newton developed three basic ideas related to the physics of motion which are now referred to as ‘Newton’s three Laws of Motion’. The first law of motion states than an object in motion or rest will remain in motion or rest unless acted upon by an unbalanced force. If an object is moving in a certain direction it will continue moving at the same speed …show more content…
There is evidence all around us every day that Newton’s third law exists and is in the works. An argument supporting the third law of motion is seen in daily work life. If you are sitting in a chair and put on the edge of a desk, the chair with you on it will move backwards away from the desk. But you were pushing against the desk. This one example heavily supports the law, as it shows that as you apply a force of upon the desk (object a), the desk is applying an equal force upon you (object b). The equal force causes you to move backwards in the opposite direction of the force you applied. Newton’s second law of motion can also be easily proved with arguments in the real world. According to the second law of motion, the total force is equal to the mass of an object times the acceleration. So in theory, an object of larger mass will need more force to accelerate it. This can be easily proven in everyday life, as if you have a car with a mass of 25kg and a truck with a mass of 50kg both going at the same speed, you will need more force or human strength to push the truck because it is heavier. All three of Newton’s laws can be easily proven with both scientific evidence and real world evidence, but it is much harder to disprove them and there has been little to no sound evidence to disprove any of the three