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Newton's law of motion
subject			fact

Newton's law of motion	has domain mechanics
	has discoverer Sir Isaac Newton
	has definition One of three laws describing the motion of bodies based on the conception of an absolute and immutable space and time; these laws held sway until Einstein's discovery of special relativity.
	is a kind of law
theory	has validity correct or incorrect with caveats
	has author or reasearch group
	has date or a range of dates for which the theory was active

Kinds of Newton's law of motion :

• Newton's first law (2 facts) - Newton's law which states that a body remains in a state of rest or uniform motion when left to itself.
• Newton's second law (2 facts) - Newton's law which states that the net force on a body is equal to the product of its mass and its acceleration.
• Newton's third law (2 facts) - Newton's law which states that when two bodies interact, the force on the first due to the second is equal and opposite to the force on the second due to the first.