Individuals exhibit a natural tendency to do nothing or, on the contrary, to not discontinue doing whatever they're already ...

When Isaac Newton inscribed onto parchment his now-famed laws of motion in 1687, he could have only hoped we'd be discussing ...

All are familiar with one of the many definitions given in the works on physics, of the term Vis Inertia— a want of power in a body to move itself when at rest or to come to rest when in motion.

Facing the Inquisition for his scientific beliefs, Galileo developed many important ideas about the science of motion, such as inertia. Isaac Newton built on many of Galileo's insights when ...