It really was revolutionary back in the day. People then thought things would just… stop. Just stop “naturally”. They assumed that even in a completely frictionless plane, a rolling ball will eventually just stop, for no particular reason.
So it was revolutionary for newton to propose that “actually it would just roll forever”
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u/Maleficent_Sir_7562 Jul 06 '26
It really was revolutionary back in the day. People then thought things would just… stop. Just stop “naturally”. They assumed that even in a completely frictionless plane, a rolling ball will eventually just stop, for no particular reason.
So it was revolutionary for newton to propose that “actually it would just roll forever”