Newtonian Motion Home

Millions saw the apple fall, but Newton asked why*.

And the web answered 418

*Bernard Baruch

Latest from the Blog

Hi There, welcome to Newtonian Motion !

The Last Samurai

The Last Samurai is a movie with Tom Cruise from 2003. He plays a disillusioned US army captain that tries forget the atrocities he committed in whiskey. He is hired to train the Japanese army in modern warfare. Although his role is that of an adviser he ends up in battle and is wounded and…

Arsenals of Folly, Richard Rhodes (ISBN 978-0-375-71394-1, Vintage Books)

The third book in the series on atomic weapons after ‘The making of the atomic bomb’ and ‘Dark Sun’. Chronologically it also covers the period after these 2 books and covers the nuclear arms race and the negotiations between Gorbatchev and Reagan that finally lead to several treaties that finally lead to a reduction in…

The noble lie

‘God has created three kinds of men, made respectively of gold: the rulers, silver: the soldiers, and base metals: the common man .’― Plato