Quote: Newton's first law is only valid for inertial frames of reference; why should inertial frames have priority over other frames of reference? Newton saw this objection

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We have already stated several times that classical … continue to move uniformly in a straight line … [This is only for valid inertial frames of reference.] … But no person whose mode of thought is … certain reference-bodies (or their states of motion) are … [p. 81] Newton saw this objection and attempted to …   Google-1   Google-2

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