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General Information on
Isaac Newton
- Isaac Newton Institute at Cambridge University page.
- University of St. Andrew's history page.
- Space.com reference pages.
Laws of Motion
- In general: The Physics Classroom info pages;
University of Tennessee page;
D Davis' pages
(Eastern Illinois U); Larry Gladney's pages
(U of Pennsylvania).
- Online Tutorials: University of New South Wales physclips site.
Gravitation
- In general: Online Journey through Astronomy page.
- History: Mariusz Kovler's site.
- Earth's gravity: NASA page on its variations.
- Mass & Weight: msnbc.com page
on weightlessness; Exploratorium page.
- Microgravity: NASA's Microgravity Science Division
site.
- Hypergravity: NASA's 20-g centrifuge page.
- Experiments: John Walker's page
on experiments in your basement; Karel Havel's N-body
problem Java simulations.
Specific Topics on Gravitation
- Tides on Earth: University of Tennessee page.
- Tides and Gravitational locking: University of Tennessee
page.
- Orbits of Satellites: TheTech pages.
- Lagrange points: WMAP mission page.
More Technical References
- A.E. Roy, Orbital Motion, 3rd ed, IOP Publishing 1988.
Note:
For the modern theory of gravitation, see Einstein's theory of
general Relativity.
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