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01 Oct 2007 Robert P Crease

Newton's famous equation describing the gravitational force between two objects altered more than our ideas of the solar system. As Robert P Crease explains, it also influenced our conception of human nature

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In his 1728 book A Treatise of the System of the World, Isaac Newton described what would happen i

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Robert P Crease is a professor in the Department of Philosophy, Stony Brook University, US and writes the monthly Critical Point column for Physics World, robertpcrease.com, e-mail robert.crease@stonybrook.edu. His latest book is The Leak: Politics, Activists, and Loss of Trust at Brookhaven National Laboratory
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