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Newton only contributed the three laws of motion to the model. https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Newtonian_mechanics https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.p
by sp332 5y ago
Newton only contributed the three laws of motion to the model. https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Newtonian_mechanics https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Newtonian_mechani... The model includes additions from Leibnitz, Euler, Lagrange, and others from around the same time. The name "classical mechanics" doesn't pretend that Newton came up with all that stuff.
- whatshisface 5y agoClassical mechanics includes everything that's not quantum, including general relativity and the Navier-Stokes equation. It is not a suitable term for Newtonian mechanics because it already refers to a much larger category.
- sp332 5y agoAccording to https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Classical_mechanics#History https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Classical_mechanics#History, that's a recent change. It didn't used to include special or general relativity.
- whatshisface 5y agoWell obviously it couldn't include general relativity before it was discovered. :-)