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1. What is Newton's universal law of gravitation?

2. How would such a law make the universe seem
like a machine?

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1.Newton's law of universal gravitation is usually stated as that every particle attracts every other particle in the universe with a force that is directly proportional to the product of their masses and inversely proportional to the square of the distance between their centers.

2.Both saw the universe as a vast machine operating by mechanical laws of ... Newton felt that this machine would, if unattended, operate somewhat imperfectly. ... God made the universe machine, set it running, and it would run perfectly ... would recur many times, and such questions were at the heart of the theory of relativity

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