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Motion and Its Causes

Force and Newton’s Laws of Motion

What is meant by a law as opposed to a theory?

Laws summarize observations. They describe phenomena. A theory explains a large number of observations. Einstein’s theory of gravity explains Newton’s law of gravitation, which can be used to derive Kepler’s three laws. A theory cannot become a law because they are essentially different things.



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