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In 1784 [[Charles Coulomb]] discovered the [[inverse square law]] of interaction between electric charges using a [[torsion balance]], whic ...oms to pass through each other. The forces in springs modeled by [[Hooke's law]] are also the result of electromagnetic forces and the exclusion principle

...sing the [[general theory of relativity]], but the much simpler [[Newton's law of universal gravitation]] provides an excellent approximation in most case ...enter of the earth" and that "all heavy things fall down to the earth by a law of nature, for it is the nature of the earth to attract and to keep things,

...cal underpinnings: generally, the astronomical observations simply did not square with a system controlled only by gravitational forces. Such observations ha ...n two bodies is proportional to the product of their masses divided by the square of the distance between them.)

...ctions 377 The most important of the radical functions are those which are square roots of rational functions. 1977 Trans. Amer. Math. Soc. 232 175 A real nu ...ary and sufficient that the quantity under the radical should be a perfect square. 1904 School Rev. 12 122 The quantity desired is concealed in the second me

...phelion is 103.4% of the distance to perihelion. Due to the inverse square law, the radiation at perihelion is about 106.9% the energy at aphelion.</ref> ...onsensus of the membership permits, armed intervention,[https://www.un.org/law/]it serves primarily as a forum for international diplomacy.