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The Highwire with Del Bigtree
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Newton's Laws of Motion and Gravity
If we take Newton's laws of motion and gravity, they got us to the moon. We learn that at very high speeds, in a very strong gravity, Newton's laws fail. They just fail. What's going on? So do you say, let's throw out the entire Newton's Laws? No. Once something's established, there are no assumptions. It just is. Equals MC squared involves no assumptions at all. That's what enables bombs, all right. And nuclear energy of all stripes.
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