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| url = [http://www.naturalphilosophy.org/pdf/abstracts/abstracts_6038.pdf Link to paper]
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| author = [[Paul Schroeder]]
| author = [[Paul Schroeder]]
| keywords = Newton, chaos
| published = 2011
| published = 2011
| journal = [[Proceedings of the NPA]]
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| pages = 525-529
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Scientific Paper
TitleIgnoring Newton's Hints Brought Scientific Chaos
Read in fullLink to paper
Author(s)Paul Schroeder
KeywordsNewton, chaos
Published2011
JournalProceedings of the NPA
Volume8
No. of pages4
Pages525-529

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Abstract

Newton did not accept nor espouse action at a distance, but he couldn't provide a physical description of gravity. A great divergence of thought stems from the clash between Newton's Theory indicating that gravity, subject to the inverse square law, is what retains orbits as opposed to Descartes view that whirlpools and eddies sweep planets around the sun. Had Newton's view of space not prevailed, our sequence of acquiring understanding of the universe would have been different. It is what mankind hasn't done since Newton's time that forms our perspective of space today. We haven't defined gravity.